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• Anke Pronker, Vlieland (Friesland) NL
• Anna Maria Charlotte Redeker, Watergraafsmeer († 1937)
• Angelus Van Droogenbroeck, Liedekerke († 1942)
• Aaltje Wallet, Nijkerk, Gld, NL († 1931)
• Andries Struik, Borger († 1950)
• Anna Maria Charlotta Redeker, Watergraafsmeer
• Alberdina Knol, Hasselt († 1940)
• Anna Maria Charlotte Redeker, Watergraafsmeer
• Anne Kooistra, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anke Feyes Pronker, Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands

• Aaltien Davids (66), Oudemolen (Vries)
• Adrianus Cornelisz Moerman (82), Brielle
• Albert Niemeijer (9), Groningen
• Anna Maria Pouw (2), Mijdrecht
• Adrianus Cornelisz Moerman (Moorman) (82), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bettings de Boer (65), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Häfeli (Haefelij) (16), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelisz. Moerman (82), Brielle
• Anna van Gelder (37), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna de Gelder (37), Rotterdam

• 1844 » Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author († 1909)
• 1844 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States († 1899)
• 1852 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic († 1896)
• 1853 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic († 1942)
• 1864 » Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright († 1905)
• 1864 » Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company († 1950)
• 1865 » George V of the United Kingdom († 1936)
• 1866 » George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager († 1952)
• 1873 » Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1877 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator († 1953)

• 1826 » Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (b. 1766)
• 1858 » Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1861 » Stephen A. Douglas, American lawyer and politician, 7th Secretary of State of Illinois (b. 1813)
• 1865 » Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
• 1875 » Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1877 » Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1894 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)

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.
• February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• 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.

The temperature on June 3, 1861 was about 11.2 °C. There was 26 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.