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• Adrianus HANSUM, Giessendam († 1920)
• Albertus Meerbeek, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Almon Edgar Plopper, Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1944)
• Albert Jacobs, De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aart Hendriksz Hagedoorn, Huizen († 1912)
• Aart van Aalst, VARIK (West-Betuwe), GD, NL († 1934)
• Aaltje Boevé, Zuid-Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Kort, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1944)
• Adriana Verheij, Oostvoorne († 1935)
• Adela Evander McPherson, Marion, Marion County, South Carolina, United States of America († 1884)

• Anton Simons (1), Sittard
• Berent Massink (61), Vorden
• Catharina Visser (8), Rozenburg
• Aaltje Gaaff (17), Zunderdorp
• Cornelia Pieternella de Vlaming (0), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Alexander Lucien Guillaume Bonhomme (29), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van der Zwaan (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Catharina Geertruida Brouwer (18), Arnhem
• Boudewijn Rip (65), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Aleida Koerts (48), Rheeze

• 1843 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author († 1918)
• 1847 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer († 1905)
• 1854 » José Canalejas, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1912)
• 1858 » Marion Talbot, influential American educator († 1948)
• 1858 » Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist († 1936)
• 1860 » Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1867 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart († 1966)
• 1875 » Jacques Villon, French painter († 1963)
• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)

• 1805 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)

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 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
• January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• 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.
• 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 July 31, 1861 was about 21.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.