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• Anna van Boxel, Zevenbergen († 1886)
• Albertus Naber, Emmen († 1861)
• Anna Maria Mechtilda HOESEN, Ottersum,, Limburg, Nederland († 1884)
• Knobbe, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Linden, Leiden († 1870)
• Albertus Heikens, Kalkwijk († 1861)
• Aaltje Pluim, Steenwijk († 1884)
• Anna Maria Mechtel Hoesen, Ottersum († 1884)
• Alice Mary Rockwell, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York († 1939)
• Ana Rosa dos Santos Camargo, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

• Aartje Dirkse van der Wilt (73), RUWIEL (Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie van der Giessen (68)
• Arie Fransz van der Giessen (68), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Dirksz van der Wilt (Wild) (73), Breukelen, Nederland
• Arie van der Giessen (68), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Stalpaerts (72), Nederweert, Limb, NL
• aart jacobsz de KONING (71), ridderkerk
• Arie Fransse van der Giessen (68), ´s-Gravendeel
• Antonius Stalpaers (72), Nederweert
• Arie Fulperhorst (3), Haarlemmermeer

• 1841 » Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor († 1929)
• 1855 » Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna († 1908)
• 1859 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)

• 1799 » Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (b. 1733)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)

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 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

The temperature on February 19, 1861 was about 4.5 °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 92%.