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• Arnolda van den Brand († 1912)
• Adriana de Bie, Ameide
• Aart Harskamp, Soest, Nederland († 1945)
• Annette_Christina Wijland, Den Haag
• Abraham Reijneveld, Koudekerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Aloijsius van Belkom, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Van der Mijnsbrugge, Essene († 1861)
• Annette Christina Wijland, Den Haag, ZH, The Netherlands († 1953)
• Anna Bos, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland († 1937)
• Aart Harskamp (Kooij), Soest, Nederland († 1945)

• Aafke Gerlofs Hoekstra (68), Nes, Westdongeradeel
• Adrianus Paap (75), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Fabrie (35), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Fabrie (35), Rotterdam
• Allegonda van Run (0), Ammerzoden
• Aart MIJDAM (0), tiel
• Anna Maria Wolters (63), Emmeln (Ems)
• Aart van Dijk (0), Leusden, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Andre Matthias Vogelij (34), Alkmaar N.H
• Aaltje Alida Nuisel (74), Mijdrecht

• 1848 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer († 1925)
• 1849 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1853 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic († 1937)
• 1853 » Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer († 1914)
• 1872 » Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1872 » William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1875 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot († 1946)
• 1875 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author († 1941)
• 1876 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company († 1932)

• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Mary

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.

The temperature on December 6, 1861 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.