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• (w) Douteil, Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Alida Bakker, Moordrecht, Gemeente Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna van Steijnen, Haarlem († 1861)
• Anna Cornelia Scheepers, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Sophia Verwaaijen, Amsterdam († 1921)
• Adriana van Hussen, Utrecht († 1942)
• Adriana Veraart, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1904)
• Anna Elisabeth Tielemans, Lier († 1925)
• Anna Maria Ryntjes, Amsterdam
• Anna van der Smissen, Hoeven († 1862)

• Antonie Broekhoven (1), Dongen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina van Essen (4), Epe, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert Jan Riphagen 9 (6), Oene, Nederland
• Andreas Driessen (81), Groessen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert van Tol, Texel
• Aleida Walfers, Wageningen
• Adriaan Brandwijk (74), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hindriks Boerema (27), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
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• 1831 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone († 1900)
• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)

• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (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 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.

The temperature on May 16, 1861 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.