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• Geelen, Utrecht († 1861)
• Alberdina (1) van Huis, Warfhuizen gem. Leens, Groningen, Holanda († 1870)
• Aalberta Gijtenbeek, Leusden († 1911)
• Annegien Mein Etten, Sleen († 1861)
• Antje Alberts Ybema, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberdina van Huis, Warfhuizen, Leens, Groningen, Nederland († 1870)
• Abraham FREDERIKS, Dirksland, ZH, Nederland († 1941)
• Antje Ybema, Almenum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida Vogel, Soerakarta, Java, Nederlands Indië
• Annegien Mein Etten, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1861)

• Adrianus Machielse (54), Klundert
• Adriaan Gabriel Tuerlings (37), Tilburg
• Adrianus Michielsen (54), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Rombaut (85), Temse
• Agatha van Roode (68), Noordwijkerhout
• Adriana Bierens (47), Steenbergen, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Joannes Pieters (0), 's Hertogenbosch
• Aalberta Geertruida (Aaltje) Merts (27)
• Adrianus Magielse (54), Klundert
• Aagje Pietersdr. de Rooden - Rhoden (68), Noordwijkerhout

• 1846 » Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator († 1901)
• 1849 » Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp († 1929)
• 1849 » Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist († 1934)
• 1856 » Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter († 1910)
• 1862 » Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist († 1930)
• 1864 » Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1930)
• 1866 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist († 1939)
• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)
• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)

• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.

The temperature on March 17, 1861 was about 4.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.