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• Ambrose Ellis
• Andreas Petrus Doeswijk, Rijpwetering, Nederland
• Abraham Isaac Houtzager, Zaamslag Zeeuws-Vlaanderen († 1937)
• HOLLENBERG, Akersloot
• Adrianus Stolwijk, Gouda Z.H († 1861)
• Teye Teitsma, Leeuwarderadeel
• Aaltje Ossevoort, Woerden, Nederland
• Annechien de Jonge, Sellingen, Groningen, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna Elizabeth Henderikusdr. Visser, Zuidhorn, prov. Groningen
• Anna Elisabeth Hinderikus VISSER, Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1861)

• Albertus Naber (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annigje Thomasse Verhoef (90), Hei en Boeicop
• Catharina Vendrig (8), Nigtevecht, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolus Franciscus Cornelis Coenradus van der Waart (16), den haag
• Andreas Cornelis Swagemakers (54), Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiana Regina Baks (0), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Antonia van WEZEL (82), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina, Hendrina de Goeij (53), Herveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Quakaas (53), Amsterdam
• Angeline Joseph DEDOURGE (63), Mazingarbe,62670,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE

• 1842 » Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author († 1925)
• 1846 » Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter († 1917)
• 1852 » John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes († 1943)
• 1857 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist († 1926)
• 1861 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria († 1948)
• 1861 » Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company († 1930)
• 1877 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1877 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator († 1968)
• 1879 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer († 1941)

• 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)

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 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
• October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

The temperature on February 26, 1861 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.