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• Agnes Donné VRANCKEN, BERG, Limburg, Belgique
• Aafje HUIBERTS, Harenkarspel
• Agnita Cools, Nijmegen
• Albertje Andries Menger, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Anna Antonia (Johanna Anthonia) van Tellingen, Schoonoord (Sleen) († 1923)
• Aaltje Visser, Ridderkerk († 1886)
• Aafje Huibers, Harenkarspel († 1940)
• Albert Marie Joseph Henri de Lastic, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France († 1921)
• Anna Antonia van Tellingen, Schoonoord, Drenthe, Nederland († 1923)
• Aaltje van Blanken, Avereest {OV}

• Annigje Rietveld (43), ridderkerk (zuid holland)
• Anna Maria Kruijer (82), Medemblik, Nederland
• Aleida Gorsselman (54), Doornspijk (Elburg)
• Albertus Kraan (0), Amersfoort, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van den Enden (76), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egbertje Tjebbes Woldijk (86), Gaarkeuken Grijpskerk Groningen
• Aleida Gerstelman (53), Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Gorselman (54), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Albert Jansz Bakker (56), Den Helder
• Adriaan van VEGHEL (46), Hooge-en Lage Mierde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1850 » Kate Chopin, American author († 1904)
• 1860 » Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist († 1937)
• 1866 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1876 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter († 1907)
• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

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 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.

The temperature on February 8, 1861 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.