About the day » Tuesday July 2, 1861Calender converter

• Anna Catharina van der Heijden, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1943)
• Alida Vonk, Amsterdam († 1919)
• Adèle Joséphine MAHAUDEN, Enghien, 55010, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anna Gesina Kimmann, Wahn, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anna Adriana Fioole, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1939)
• Andriesa Sietke Hottinga, Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1917)
• Alexander Julius SCHLICKELMANN, Mettingen, Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Anna Maria Pieternella Leautraud, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Buijs, Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Adrianus de Bruin, Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)

• Catherine PARIS (37), Cherves-Richemont, 16097, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France, Le Grand Coudret
• Barbora Verhulst (0), Westkapelle
• Aafje Pietersdr Brander (22), Andijk
• David George (77), Henry Co, Georgia, United States
• Cornelia Groenendijk (60), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jansens, Alphen en Riel
• Barbara Timmermans (50), Lier, België
• Bernardus Tilburg (38), Pijnacker
• Aris Kraan (45), Zuid-Waddinxveen
• Barbara Habets (1), Meerssen

• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)
• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

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.
• 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.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• 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.

The temperature on July 2, 1861 was about 19.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.