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• Abraham B Sparks, Sextons Creek, Clay, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1921)
• * Lijntje Hense, Numansdorp
• Agatha Elisabeth Iking, Maarssen, Nederland
• Adriaan van Zantvliet, Steenbergen († 1940)
• Adriaan Pieter August Willem Du Bois van Alderwerelt, Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands
• Albertus van Haren, Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1894)
• Alida Nieuwenhuizen (Neuhauser), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1862)
• Ale Jouke Hantjes Speerstra, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Vis, Oud Beijerland
• Ale Jouke Hantjes Speerstra, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)

• Anna Catharina Van de Ven‏ (75), Oevel, 2260, België
• Antonia Muscus (56), Drunen
• Adriana Poelman (58), Hoorn, NH, Nederland
• Adriana Sijs (24), Oostburg Zeeland Nederland
• Anna Catharina van den Ven (75), Oevel 2260, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Albertus Dingeman van de Wiel (4), Rotterdam
• Ann Paddock (89)
• Albertus Schotman (81), Voorst
• Anna Maria Henrietta Schmitz (0), Roermond
• Adriana Maria Marijt (0), Leiden

• 1847 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel († 1918)
• 1852 » C. Lloyd Morgan, English zoologist and psychologist († 1936)
• 1852 » Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1918)
• 1861 » Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist and academic († 1953)
• 1864 » John Henry Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and author († 1933)
• 1866 » Karl Sapper, German linguist and explorer († 1945)
• 1872 » Robert Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge († 1940)
• 1874 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math († 1937)
• 1875 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general († 1915)
• 1876 » Henry Blogg, English fisherman and sailor († 1954)

• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
• 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

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 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.

The temperature on February 6, 1861 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.