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• Anna Viool, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Kroon, Haarlemmermeer († 1861)
• Arie Schouten, Polsbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1861)
• Adrianus Johannes van Winden, Hof van Delft († 1927)
• Adrianus Johannes WINDEN,VAN, Hof van Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• marinus westdorp, Oud tonge († 1935)
• Aantje Antonia Hendriks, Gorinchem († 1892)
• Albert Sijes Visser, Warga, Friesland, Nederland († 1919)
• Almarinda "Allie" Epperson, Gibson County, Indiana († 1955)
• Arend van Maurik, Zaltbommel († 1861)

• Alke Hilverts Huiting (80), Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pagie (5), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Agnes Hammell (64), New York NY
• Andreas Laurijsen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (0), Otterlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alke Aalke Hilverts (Hoiting) (80), Mussel
• Kroon (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Maria Arntz (29), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Bakelaar (0), Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Tiggelaar (70), Midwolda

• 1850 » Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager († 1919)
• 1851 » John Clum, American journalist and agent († 1932)
• 1854 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer († 1921)
• 1855 » Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic († 1909)
• 1856 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist († 1953)
• 1864 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general († 1919)
• 1866 » James J. Corbett, American boxer († 1933)
• 1867 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician († 1947)
• 1868 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician († 1952)
• 1871 » J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader († 1961)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• 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
• November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

The temperature on September 1, 1861 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.