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• Amalia Rosenberg, Paderborn († 1937)
• Adriana van Tilburg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1927)
• ADRIANA VAN DER LUGT, VLAARDINGEN († 1933)
• Tangenbergh, Nieuw Schoonebeek Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriana van Gorp, Tilburg († 1897)
• Arie Anton van ELK, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Benard Born, Schwirtzheim, Prun, Germany († 1917)
• Berber Jans Visser, Hommerts († 1949)
• Aaltje Knyff
• Bernard Marinus Gratama, Groningen († 1944)

• Arendje van SPLUNDER Mdr (57), Stellendam, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Catharina Helena Habets (10), Wijnandsrade, Nuth
• Aukje Harmens Vledder (67), Beetsterzwaag, 9244, Nederland
• Barbara Ann Demory (65), Union City, Champaign, Ohio, United States
• andries gommans (0), helden
• Alida Roelofs SENT (63), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Vledder (67), Beetsterzwaag, opsterland.fr.nld
• Aukje Harmens (Aukjen) Vledder (67)
• Charles Etienne Georges Pichon (37), Mirecourt
• Berendina Krabben (35), Lichtenvoorde

• 1836 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer († 1896)
• 1846 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet († 1917)
• 1849 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents († 1934)
• 1850 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary († 1938)
• 1866 » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine († 1953)
• 1875 » H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator († 1960)
• 1880 » Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic († 1964)
• 1881 » Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author († 1966)
• 1882 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger († 1946)
• 1886 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator († 1939)

• 1797 » Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)
• 1806 » James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1719)
• 1825 » Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)

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.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.

The temperature on July 11, 1861 was about 21.7 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.