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• Charlotte Amelia Mower, 58 Grafton St. Stepney Middlesex England
• Charles Jacques Louis Roosmale Nepveu, The Hague, S-Hlln, Nthr
• Aaltje Burgers, Zuid-Beijerland († 1941)
• Arnoldus Simon Petrus LAMBERMONT, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annie Elizabeth Boyd, Horry County, South Carolina († 1890)
• Clasina Johanna ACHthoven, Rotterdam
• Clara Johanna Taute, Molenrivier, George, Cape Province, South Africa († 1924)
• Allegonda Schaap, Groesbeek († 1922)
• Catharina Alida Veerhuis, Mijdrecht († 1861)
• Alijda Hoefsloot, Hoevelaken, GD, Nederland

• Carolina GOELEVEN > JACOBS (47), Bekkevoort
• Anna Cornelia Willemse (71), Wortel (Belgie prov. Antwerpen)
• Cornelia Carolina van KAEM (32), Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Cornelis van der Veen (76), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Kindt, Vladsloo
• Cornelis Goverde (0), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas
• Broer Cornelisz Boonstra (3), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Heide (70), Hellevoetsluis
• Cornelia van der Veer (29), fijnaart en heijningen (noord brabant)
• Adriaan Francois Junior Lammens (69), Paramaribo

• 1845 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1922)
• 1850 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic († 1914)
• 1854 » E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company († 1926)
• 1857 » Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library († 1930)
• 1858 » Andrew Forsyth, Scottish-English mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1858 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia († 1927)
• 1862 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet († 1942)
• 1863 » George Essex Evans, English-Australian poet and author († 1909)
• 1868 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary († 1957)
• 1870 » Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher († 1954)

• 1815 » Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (b. 1758)
• 1833 » Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771)
• 1835 » William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)
• 1860 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (b. 1783)
• 1866 » Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
• 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)

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 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
• 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 June 18, 1861 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.