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• Aaltje Jonkers, Hijken {DR}, Hijkerveld
• Aaltje Brink, Daarle (Hellendoorn) († 1886)
• Albertus Daniel Helenus van Westrheene, Jaarsveld
• Adrianus Sassen, Mijdrecht († 1934)
• Adrianus (Arie) Sassen, De Hoef, gemeente Mijdrecht († 1934)
• Adrianus Jongenelis, Etten-Leur
• ADRIANA BROUWER, VLAARDINGEN († 1903)
• Adriaantje van den Houten, Herkingen († 1921)
• Adriana Stoffels, Halsteren
• adrianus sassen, Mijdrecht, Nederland († 1934)

• Bernardus Genegel (48), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Jungbecker (57), Ransbach, Duitsland
• Bart Jong de (42), Gendringen
• Anna Johanna van Meerte (64), Buren
• Aleida Christina Joost (56), Vriezenveen {OV}
• Arend Engel (0), Kröddeburen (gem. Groningen)
• Adriana van Kuijk (0), Benschop
• Anna Maria van Meerten (64), Buren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie de Gooijer (55), Veenendaal
• Antonius Brans (68), Dreumel, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1850 » Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer († 1917)
• 1851 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist († 1928)
• 1851 » William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist († 1896)
• 1852 » Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company († 1919)
• 1854 » Lucy Craft Laney, Founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia († 1933)
• 1860 » James Ensor, English-Belgian painter († 1949)
• 1866 » Butch Cassidy, American criminal († 1908)
• 1872 » Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author († 1945)
• 1872 » John Cameron, Scottish international footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1873 » John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General († 1955)

• 1826 » Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)
• 1853 » James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
• 1853 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1855 » Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)
• 1868 » Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
• 1880 » Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)

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 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

The temperature on April 13, 1861 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.