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• Anna Maria van Hest, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1883)
• Anna Maria Hest van († 1883)
• Aafke Westra, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• de Jong, Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1946)
• Alida Geertruida Pennink, Zevenbergen († 1893)
• Anna Maria van Hest, Tilburg († 1883)
• Albert Dykman († 1943)
• Anna Vroomhout, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Alof Adolf Stoer, Beekbergen († 1885)
• Alida Pekelder, Wildervank

• Adriana van MEEUWEN (67), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van der Ven (59)
• Antonie van Domselaar (71), Argentinie
• Adriana Vergeer (3), Oudewater
• ten Wolde, Weststellingwerf, Boijl
• Arie van Bart (60), Ommerschans
• Anne - Abels de Vries (77), Dedemsvaart {OV} (Hardenberg Ambt)
• Anne (Antje) Abels de Vries (78), Dedemsvaart-Ambt Hardenberg
• Adrianus Leendertsz de Vogel (81), sommelsdijk (goeree overflakkee)
• Alegonda Lautenbach (3), Sexbierum

• 1850 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia († 1909)
• 1850 » Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician († 1924)
• 1859 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia († 1918)
• 1859 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician († 1932)
• 1863 » Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. († 1915)
• 1867 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant († 1938)
• 1869 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter († 1946)
• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)

• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)

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.
• February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

The temperature on May 12, 1861 was about 14.5 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.