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• Aaltje Roelofs, Ursum, Nederland († 1902)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Geurtse, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 1930)
• Agatha Merbis, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Wilhelmina van Rhijn, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus Hooijkaas, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Alida Catharina Wilhelmina van Rhijn, Naarden († 1937)
• Anna Adriana van den Ende, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Anastasie Motte, Wasmes, Colfontaine, Hainaut, Belgique
• Agnes Janssen, Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriaantje den Boer, Zuidland († 1861)

• Adrianus (Arie) Loogman (9)
• Krijn Schippers (59), Kortgene
• Aafje de GROOT (0), Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Grosemans (37), Alken, België
• Adrianus van Dijk (1), Tilburg
• Adrianus van den Berg (67), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Lorier (7), Koudekerke, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Claessens (35)
• Anna Willemse (71), Tholen,Gemeente Tholen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Albert Oldenhof (81), Wijhe

• 1835 » Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet († 1868)
• 1843 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1907)
• 1848 » Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint († 1902)
• 1872 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player († 1950)
• 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1886 » Frank Clement, British racing driver († 1970)
• 1888 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author († 1921)

• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)

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.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.

The temperature on June 15, 1861 was about 25.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.