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• Elisabeth Hazelhoff, Drachten († 1926)
• Adriaan KOK, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1873)
• Alfred Czapski, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland
• Aleida Hermina van Veluwe, Oldenzaal († 1939)
• Amelia Maria Josephina Hubertina Constantia Victor Hengst, Maastricht († 1887)
• Ambrosius Hendrikus Loeff, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1884)
• Anne Fortuin, Wonseradeel († 1932)
• Adrianus van der Loop, Uden († 1884)
• Aaltje van Geem, Nieuwendam
• Annechien Hartlief, (DR) Eelde († 1863)

• Alexander Gijsbertus de Ceuninck van Capelle (22), Tel Betong, Indonesië
• Anna Hubertina..... Bollen (0), Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)
• Adrianus Kester (68), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloysius Picavet (0), Koewacht
• Abraham Verwer (60), Leiden
• Ang√©lique VOGELEISEN (73), Burnhaupt-le-Bas (68520, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Christina Marxen (76), .........
• Adrianus van Kester (68), 's Hertogenbosch
• Aart de Graaf (63), Terwolde, Voorst
• Adriana van Aken (63), Gorinchem

• 1860 » Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia († 1947)
• 1861 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I († 1931)
• 1862 » Paul Adam, French author († 1920)
• 1863 » Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1952)
• 1863 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1863 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears († 1914)
• 1869 » Frank Laver, Australian cricketer († 1919)
• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)

• 1817 » William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745)
• 1837 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814)
• 1842 » Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)

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.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

The temperature on December 7, 1861 was about 1.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.