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• Adriaantje Kranenburg, Charlois († 1887)
• Alberdina de Jonge, Loppersum (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1900)
• Andries Rauw, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Ann Eliza Swindle, Liberty Co., Georgia, United States († 1908)
• Alma L. Hadley
• adrianus SCHUT, numansdorp
• Adrianus Schut, Numansdorp, Nederland († 1943)
• Adrien VERSTEYLEN, Zillebeke, 33036, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1897)
• Adriaan COENRAAD, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1923)
• Alida Margaretha Anssems, Amsterdam, prov. Noord Holland († 1943)

• Barendina Mieras (0), Wolphaartsdijk
• Antonius Bongers (51), Zeeland, Landerd, Noord Brabant, Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius van Son (60), Made
• Alstje van Zijlen (14), Oosterwijtwerd (Gem. 't Zandt)
• Anna Maria Petronella Van Bekhoven (0), Roosendaal
• Apolonia Segboer (71), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie van Son (60), Made en Drimmelen
• Anthony van Ossenbruggen (85), Oudeschoot, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Niggelie, Hardinxveld
• Aafje Brander (21)

• 1842 » Hermann Cohen, German philosopher († 1918)
• 1845 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian († 1905)
• 1847 » James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1906)
• 1854 » Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist († 1926)
• 1868 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic († 1921)
• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)
• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)
• 1881 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general († 1968)

• 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1831 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
• 1854 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)

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 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day

The temperature on July 4, 1861 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.