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• Adriana Zoutendijk, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Amelia Sophia Leonia Van Overloop, Kieldrecht
• Akke Pieters, Jubbega († 1901)
• Meijer, Utrecht († 1861)
• Albert Pieters Meirik, Blokzijl, Nederland
• Alexander Wilhelmus Menge, Bonaire († 1861)
• Anna_Margaretha Kruijs († 1924)
• Anna Maria Hanfeld, Emsbüren-Drievorden († 1937)
• Albertus van Deijck, Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1924)
• Anna Maria Diederen, Schinnen († 1894)

• Aalbert Esselink (47), Brummen
• Annetje van 't Klooster (1), Hoogland
• Aaltje Lakerveld (77), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Anthonius Koehorst (0), Heemstede
• Anna Catharina Bakkenes (40), Utrecht
• Antonetta van Bussel (55), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Andries van Tol (77), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van Toll (77), Boskoop
• Anthonij Nikolaas Visser (59), Leiden
• Aaltje Lakerveld (77), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht

• 1850 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic († 1912)
• 1852 » Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina († 1933)
• 1854 » George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak († 1933)
• 1855 » Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman († 1908)
• 1857 » George E. Ohr, American potter († 1918)
• 1861 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator († 1906)
• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1863 » Paul Drude, German physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)

• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)

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 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on July 12, 1861 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.