About the day » Sunday February 10, 1861Calender converter

• Adriaan van Meeteren, Noordeloos
• Alberdina Alberts Dokter, Kampen († 1949)
• van Dijck, Hilvarenbeek († 1861)
• Aart WINDHOUWER, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Anna Gedaan, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Traas, Wemeldinge († 1861)
• Albert Miner Carter, Provo, Utah County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1929)
• Aart Meijers, Weespercarspel, Nederland († 1942)
• Alice Ellen Williams, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1937)
• * Anna Gedaan, Haarlemmermeer († 1892)

• Adriana Gelder de (36), Hazerswoude, the Netherlands
• Anna de Ruijter (64), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jans Ruijter (64), Blaricum
• Albert Veldwachter (58), Weteringen, Colmschate (Diepenveen)
• Antoine Urbain (26), Frameries,, Hainaut, Belgique
• Albert Veldwachter (58), Weteringen
• de Ridder (0), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anke Abels Pot (38), Sebaldeburen, Grootegast, Nederland
• Andrianus Cool (2), Schiedam, Holland
• Anna Johanna Almers (79), Renkum

• 1843 » Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer († 1919)
• 1846 » Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic († 1927)
• 1846 » Lord Charles Beresford, Irish admiral and politician († 1919)
• 1847 » Nabinchandra Sen, Bangladeshi poet and author († 1909)
• 1859 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France († 1943)
• 1867 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and public servant († 1957)
• 1868 » Prince Waldemar of Prussia († 1879)
• 1868 » William Allen White, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1869 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic († 1948)
• 1879 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general († 1932)

• 1829 » Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
• 1837 » Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (b. 1799)
• 1854 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) (b. 1792)
• 1857 » David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)
• 1865 » Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
• 1887 » Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)

• 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 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
• August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
• October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day

The temperature on February 10, 1861 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.