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• Antonius Franciscus Fakkert, Dalfsen († 1947)
• Andries Meijer, weststellingerwerf
• Andrea Lucia Labotz, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1925)
• Antonius Acda, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1926)
• Alida van der Gaag, Schiedam († 1861)
• Antonius Laurentius Ritman, Schiedam († 1953)
• Anna Maria van der Schoot, Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1871)
• Anna Maria van den Houdt, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1874)
• Alida Johanna van Huystee, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Acda, Kruiningen († 1926)

• Abraham STEKETEE (4), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Braakenburg (0), Haarlem
• Anna Catharina van Hulst (33), Duizel en Steensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Hendrix (40), Grevenbicht, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Hulst (33), Duizel en Steensel
• Adriaan Spruijt (0), Driewegen
• Anna, Gertrudis , Janetta, Gertruda van de Water (60), Meerlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Kalhorn (0), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Josephus van STAAIJ (73), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Adrianus Ballijns (0), OUD EN NIEUW MATHENESSE (Rotterdam/Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1842 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator († 1933)
• 1859 » Edmund Husserl, German Jewish-Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1938)
• 1864 » Carlos Deltour, French rower and rugby player († 1920)
• 1867 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter and educator († 1908)
• 1869 » Harvey Cushing, American surgeon and academic († 1939)
• 1871 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator († 1925)
• 1874 » Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer († 1929)
• 1874 » Stanisław Taczak, Polish general († 1960)
• 1875 » Albert I of Belgium († 1934)
• 1882 » (O.S. 27 March) - Dmytro Doroshenko, Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine († 1951)

• 1848 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

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 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• 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.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on April 8, 1861 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.