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• Aaltje (Aaltjen) de Weerdt, Hattem, Nederland († 1939)
• ABRA VREESWIJK, DIRKSLAND († 1930)
• Anna Van der Made, Zevenbergen, Nederland († 1862)
• Arie Rodenburg († 1861)
• Alphonsius Schoofs, Bruslem (B) († 1932)
• Agnes Lillian Warner, Montgomery, Ohio († 1863)
• van den Berg, Eerbeek (Brummen) († 1861)
• anaïse BREDA, Wasmes (Belgium) († 1885)
• Anna van Steijnen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Anna Wagenaar, Wijk aan Zee, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1952)

• Anthonius (Anthonie) Van der Veken (60), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Antonie Maas (0), Someren
• Antoon Willem Zonneveld(t) (68), Schoten
• Adriana Hendrika Smith, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Steenkamer (21), Haastrecht
• Abraham Fredericus Anestasius Bruinsma (49), Leeuwarden,Gemeente Leeuwarden,Friesland,Netherlands
• Bauke Wilman (25), Rotterdam
• Antonius Wilhelmus Jeroensz Zonneveld (68), Schoten
• Bonekamp (44), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie RIET (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)
• 1854 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator († 1924)
• 1855 » Francis Bellamy, American minister and author († 1931)
• 1862 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy († 1948)
• 1867 » Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist († 1941)
• 1868 » Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
• 1869 » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress († 1937)
• 1871 » Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower († 1922)

• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)
• 1853 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)

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.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
• December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

The temperature on May 18, 1861 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.