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• Alexander Hunemeijer, Munster († 1941)
• Antje de Jong, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Jan Hiemstra, Heeg († 1897)
• Antje van der Veen, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1949)
• Amelia Verhulst, Aalst
• Anne Sinkeler, Leeuwarden († 1895)
• Alexander Hünemeyer, Münster, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1941)
• Adriana Hoebeke, Oudelande
• Akke Harms Oostindie, Nijensleek, Nederland († 1861)
• Adrianus Lauwen, Rucphen Noord-Brabant († 1939)

• Agnes Van Lier (76), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Baukje Derks HAMMING (0), Burum Friesland Netherlands
• Barbara Theresia VERSLUYS (79), Sijsele,8340,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Aukjen Barneveld (0), Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Fransens Noordhuis (69), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Diender (7), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernard Franck (84), Aalst, Alost, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Bauke Petrus Kuperus (47), Beers
• Bartha Maria Martens (41), Amsterdam
• Antje Jacobs Hemrica (61)

• 1826 » Frederic Edwin Church, American painter († 1900)
• 1827 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer († 1864)
• 1851 » Thomas Dewing, American painter († 1938)
• 1852 » Alice Liddell, English model († 1934)
• 1855 » Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog († 1872)
• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)

• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• 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.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

The temperature on May 4, 1861 was about 8.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.