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• Aaltje Jandr Blom, Oterleek, Nederland († 1922)
• Akke Eizenga, O-dongeradeel
• Adrianus van der Vlugt, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1864)
• Adrianus de Bruin, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1861)
• age gerritsz van der heide, drachten
• Ada Lilian Bown, Evercreech, Somerset, England († 1939)
• Adrianus van der Vlugt, Lisse († 1934)
• Afke Dijkstra, Doniawerstal († 1926)
• Age Gerrits van der Heide, Drachten († 1919)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1937)

• Anna Cornelia Thomassen (55), Alphen en Riel
• Aaltje de Boer (51), Staphorst
• Annechien Alles Wijkstra (48), Hijken Beilen Drenthe Nederland
• Broer Dikkes (19), Hindeloopen, 8713, Nederland
• Albertus Van Zal, Jutphaas
• Anna Margaretha Keulers (69), Sittard-Geleen (Geleen) (Limburg)
• Adriaantje BAKS (1), 's-Gravendeel
• Auke Sytzes Wiegersma (49), Wirdum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelia Francisca Deruyter (42), Klerken
• Broer Pieters Dikkes (19), Noordzee, Hindeloopen

• 1855 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor († 1920)
• 1857 » William V. Ranous, American actor and director († 1915)
• 1858 » Adolph Ochs, American publisher († 1935)
• 1859 » Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician († 1906)
• 1860 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author († 1895)
• 1863 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright († 1938)
• 1863 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist († 1945)
• 1864 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist († 1922)
• 1869 » George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1947)
• 1874 » Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer († 1949)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
• October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
• December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on March 12, 1861 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.