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• Aafke Riemsma, leeuwarden
• Adrianus Anthony Geleijns, Dordrecht († 1916)
• Anna Margaretha Lübbers, Bokel († 1909)
• Adriana van der Voort, Sassenheim († 1900)
• Adrianus Anthonij Geleijns, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Anna Maria Peek, Odijk († 1933)
• Anna Pieternella van Huijstee, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia van Poppelen, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Adriana Jacoba van der Ende, Kethel en Spaland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peek, Odijk, Nederland († 1933)

• Adrianus Catharinus Holtius (74), Utrecht
• Aagje HEEMAN (74), Broek Op Langedijk
• Adriaan Catharinus Holtius Lans
• Ames Parmalee (15)
• Abram Prins (59), Alkmaar (Noord-Holland)
• Albert Jansen (70), Vriezenveen
• Aaffien Brongers (71), Noordbroek
• Anna Uhl (5), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Boelhouwer (67), Rotterdam
• Aagje Heeman (75), Broek op Langedijk

• 1862 » Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter († 1947)
• 1863 » Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia († 1943)
• 1867 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager († 1955)
• 1869 » Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar († 1943)
• 1869 » Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect († 1944)
• 1870 » Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain († 1904)
• 1871 » Tom Hayward, English cricketer († 1939)
• 1872 » Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia († 1953)
• 1873 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Jewish-Italian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1874 » Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States († 1944)

• 1826 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1759)
• 1848 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 » Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)

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 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.

The temperature on March 29, 1861 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.