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• Anna Catharina Debats, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1861)
• Aletta Jacoba Serrij, Amsterdam († 1928)
• Anje Knot, Toornwerd, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van Bonsel, Utrecht († 1940)
• Baafje Beentjes, Heemskerk, Nederland († 1926)
• ter Wengel, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Hermanus Eldering, Suameer († 1933)
• Anke Jelles Hylarides, Wommels, Nederland († 1948)
• Arij Johannis Roos, Sint Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Antje Bakker, Sijbekarspel († 1940)

• Abraham Bernardus Hendrikus Ockeloen (52)
• Barend Schukkink (49), Lonneker, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aartje Willemse (0), Maastricht
• Anna Cornelia Goetschalckx (12), Meer (België)
• Bontje Jans Minkema (69), Opsterland
• Arendina IJdo (0), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Aleida Klunder (1), Deventer
• Anna Adehleid Hermes (34), Emen, Haren (Ems)
• Antje Pool (76), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Klunder (1), Deventer

• 1840 » José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter and academic († 1912)
• 1843 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia († 1915)
• 1856 » George Howard Earle, Jr., American lawyer and businessman († 1928)
• 1858 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria († 1943)
• 1865 » Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator († 1950)
• 1868 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom († 1935)
• 1873 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1877 » Arnaud Massy, French golfer († 1950)
• 1878 » Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist († 1926)
• 1883 » Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland († 1971)

• 1813 » Granville Sharp, English activist (b. 1735)
• 1815 » Samuel Whitbread, English politician (b. 1764)
• 1835 » John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
• 1854 » Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
• 1893 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1901 » Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 » Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)

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.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

The temperature on July 6, 1861 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.