About the day » Friday March 1, 1861Calender converter

• Alida Vink, Voorschoten († 1861)
• Amalie Stein, Santa Cruz do Sul, RS
• Anna Miriah Leavitt, Santa Clara, Washington, Utah Territory, United States († 1911)
• Anna Maria Geurs, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1939)
• Antje Wybes Ytsma, Doezum, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Audaert, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1884)
• , Retie (België) († 1861)
• Ann Margaret Blackburn, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1875)
• Albertus Willem Sichem van, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Paulina Jeannette Marchelinus, Cheribon, Java, Indonesië († 1862)

• Adriaan Pieter Filius (0), Wissenkerke, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrien Hellemont (62), Den Haag
• Alexandre LEBLANC (55), St-Liboire
• Alida van Der Meer (24), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Hinderikus VISSER (0), Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands
• Adrien Hellemont (62), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaantje Noorthoek (2), Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Mol (50), Oostvoorne
• (0), Retie (België)
• Anna Trouwborst (42), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland

• 1835 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania († 1919)
• 1837 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, playwright, and critic († 1920)
• 1842 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic († 1901)
• 1848 » Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor and academic († 1907)
• 1852 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1923)
• 1863 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer († 1930)
• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)
• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)

• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)

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.
• 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 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• 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.
• August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on March 1, 1861 was about 6.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.