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• Wilhelmina Wuisman, Schiedam († 1863)
• Adriana Helena Nuijten Nuiten, Bergen op Zoom, NL († 1919)
• "Françoise" Marie Ghislaine Philippine Josèphe de Woelmont, Soiron, Belgique († 1934)
• Alexander Paul Cripps, Wellington, Ontario, Canada († 1926)
• Albert De Jonge, Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands(Nieuw Buinen) († 1872)
• Anne Marie Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 1903)
• Agina Frederika Weertman, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1901)
• Oosterloo, Hof van Delft († 1861)
• Alexander van der Hoop, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Adriana Helena Nuijten, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)

• Arie Pols (73), Bergambacht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus van Veen (2), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Megens (66), Berghem
• Annechien Ratering (30), Zeijen (Vries), Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Kommie (0), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus van Meeteren (0), Culemborg
• Allegonda Jans Megens (66), Berchem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nuijens (0), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Pelgrim (0), Klundert
• Barend Schook (0), Geldermalsen

• 1850 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan († 1916)
• 1852 » Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic († 1915)
• 1854 » Eleanor Norcross, American painter († 1923)
• 1856 » Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author († 1930)
• 1858 » Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian († 1924)
• 1865 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator († 1929)
• 1867 » Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist († 1944)
• 1869 » Prince George of Greece and Denmark († 1957)
• 1872 » Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic († 1947)
• 1875 » Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator († 1947)

• 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)

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.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on June 24, 1861 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.