About the day » Thursday June 20, 1861Calender converter

• Annigje Hendriks Dam, Magele († 1864)
• Arij Jacob van Hulst, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Albertje van Es, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Anne Jans Beetstra, Poppingawier, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 1936)
• Arnoldus Simon Petrus Lambermont, Utrecht
• Adrianus Heek, Duiven († 1945)
• Antonie de Wit, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1936)
• Geertruida Maria Gerard, Almelo Stad
• Arie Struijk, Pernis
• Alfred, Joseph Leclercq, Charleroi, Province du Hainaut, Belgique

• Amalie Friederike Meÿer (0), Spören, Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Carolina van Rijn (27), Rotterdam (Z-H), Nederland
• Anje Pieters Bouwman (51), Woltersum
• Adriaan Knulst (1), St. Maartensdijk
• Arie Boeren
• Berend Popko WIERSEMA (6)
• Berend Popko Wiersema (6), Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Alfred Lannes de Montebello (58)
• Arij van der Laan (66), Den Helder
• Arij Jacob van Hulst (0), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1855 » Richard Lodge, English historian and academic († 1936)
• 1858 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American novelist and short story writer († 1932)
• 1860 » Alexander Winton, Scottish-American race car driver and engineer († 1932)
• 1860 » Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach († 1937)
• 1861 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1865 » George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician († 1939)
• 1866 » James Burns, English cricketer († 1957)
• 1869 » Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group († 1956)
• 1870 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic († 1943)
• 1872 » George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army († 1948)

• 1820 » Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)

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 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
• February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on June 20, 1861 was about 24.1 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.