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• Aaltje Lanjouw, Anloo,Drenthe,Niederlande,Eext († 1922)
• Caroline DIETEMANN, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Adriaan van der Welle, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1948)
• Bauke Tilma, Genum, Friesland, Nederland († 1908)
• Albertus van Dam, Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1925)
• Baarthout de Niet, Scheveningen
• Alice Brouse, Henderson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van de Kolk, Raalte († 1950)
• Aaltje Lanjouw, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1926)
• Arnoldus van Leest, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Albertina Buiskool (0), (GR) Nieuwolda
• Arnoldus Verhoeven (65), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Siedses Douma (1), Bergum
• Abraham Wagelaar (80), Eschmarke (Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Peters (63), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardina Nieuwmeijer (75), Almelo
• Anna Smolders (71), Riethoven, Nederland
• Aafje Rood (32), Westwoud, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbora Verhage (0), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Barbora Verhage (0), Westkapelle, Nederland

• 1846 » Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist († 1888)
• 1853 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1858 » Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1923)
• 1858 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician († 1927)
• 1859 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1916)
• 1861 » Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor († 1947)
• 1866 » Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1927)
• 1870 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician († 1958)
• 1875 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney († 1971)
• 1876 » Marvin Hart, American boxer († 1931)

• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)

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 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
• January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.

The temperature on September 16, 1861 was about 12.5 °C. There was 17 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.