About the day » Friday May 3, 1861Calender converter

• Aaltje Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder), Nijkerk, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Schay, Hilversum († 1938)
• Aafje Louris Heijnis, Graft, Graft-de Rijp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Abraham LELLOUCHE, Constantine, Algérie († 1915)
• Aaltje Zweitzes Houkes, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Adriana Johanna Geleijns, Zevenbergen († 1932)
• Adrianus Justinus Hendricus van Ravesteijn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Aaltje Schaij, Hilversum († 1938)
• Abe van der Meer, Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1919)
• Ailke Dijkhuizen, Loppersum († 1938)

• Albertje Koerts Groote (55), Hoogeveen
• Adriaan Janse Laven (84), Scherpenisse
• Albertje koerts Groote (55), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Anna de Jong (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Groote, Sloot
• Anna Catharina Anthonissen (54), Meer, Antwerpen, België
• Andreas Simensen (3)
• Alfred Archibald (2)
• Albertje Koerst Groote (55), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Aafje Dros (37), Haarlemmermeer

• 1849 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1929)
• 1849 » Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer († 1914)
• 1854 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager († 1933)
• 1859 » August Herrmann, American executive in Major League Baseball (d.1931)
• 1860 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist († 1940)
• 1867 » Andy Bowen, American boxer († 1894)
• 1867 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer († 1944)
• 1870 » Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein († 1948)
• 1871 » Emmett Dalton, American criminal († 1937)
• 1873 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine († 1945)

• 1839 » Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1856 » Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)

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 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on May 3, 1861 was about 3.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.