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• AALTJE VAN MIDDENDORP, Harselaar
• (n.n.) de Haan, Dordrecht († 1861)
• Anna Maria van Vugt, Vlijmen
• Albert Joseph Bernard, Gozée, Hainaut, Belgique († 1947)
• Alfred_Johan Crawfurd, Batavia, Ned.-Indie († 1875)
• Anna Maria de Roo, Leiden († 1932)
• Albertus WESTERDUIN, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1949)
• Antje Blok, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 1862)
• Amanda Alice Shoup, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1863)
• Anna Maria Diederen, Schinnen (L († 1931)

• Antonie Hagen (66), Eerbeek, Brummen, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Wolters (1), Zwolle
• Anna van Marion (63), Rockanje
• Adriaan Arense (0), Middelburg
• Jan Cornelus Schel(Huijberts) (0), Uden
• (n.n.) de Haan (0), Dordrecht
• Arend Hartman (49), Nieuwe Tonge
• Agnes Titselaar (0), Venlo
• Adriaan ARENSE (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham van Straten (0), Woudrichem

• 1844 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1847 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland († 1906)
• 1848 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist († 1919)
• 1851 » Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka († 1930)
• 1864 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor († 1915)
• 1865 » Harry Chauvel, Australian general († 1945)
• 1866 » José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1918)
• 1867 » Wilbur Wright, American inventor († 1912)
• 1871 » John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1909)
• 1874 » Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general († 1936)

• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (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 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on April 16, 1861 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.