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• Anna van Bethlehem, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Vlastuin, Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 1864)
• Albert Jan Harmsen, Wapenveld, Nederland († 1934)
• Alida van Pesselsen, Jutphaas, Utrecht, NL († 1932)
• Aagje van der Plas, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1924)
• Aagje van der Plas, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Zande, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Adolf Theophile Huysentruyt, Lendelede
• Alex N William Beard, Williamson, Tennessee, United States († 1945)
• Amalie Pustolla, Faszen, Sensurg

• Alida Helena Anna Dessing (9), monster, Nederland
• Alida Helena Anna Dessing (9), Monster
• Anna Catharina Van Orshoven (70), Erps Kwerps
• Antje Sytzes Posthumus (2), Ooststellingerwerf
• Amos Bingham (80), Philadelphia
• Anne Marie DIETEMANN (73), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Theresia ( Stubbe ) Strubbe (46), Aartrijke
• Adrica Vianen (4), Zuilen
• Adriana Tetenburg (41), Vianen
• Antje Sytzes Posthumus (2), Ooststellingwerf

• 1845 » George Kennan, American journalist and explorer († 1924)
• 1848 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic († 1935)
• 1848 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright († 1917)
• 1856 » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia († 1920)
• 1866 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager († 1940)
• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)

• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

• 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 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
• November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on February 16, 1861 was about 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.