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• Aaltje Smink, Giethoorn
• Alois Josephus Couchez, Zarren,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1932)
• Aaltje Jans Bout, Huizen († 1935)
• Annie Susan Anderson, Georgetown,Georgetown,South Carolina († 1914)
• Adriana van Kuijk, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje Elizabeth Diepenhorst, ameide (zuid holland) († 1861)
• Adèle, Albertine MALPIECE, Mitry-Mory, 77290, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France († 1921)
• Adriana Maria de Cock, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1929)
• Aleida Jonker, didam († 1943)
• Anna Maria de Kok, Wouw († 1940)

• Baukje Mennes Brouwer (0), Hallum
• Adriana van ACKEREN (22), Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
• Aite Pieters Oosterhof (53), Groningen
• Antje Sjoerds Westra (75), Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Roozen (80), Moergestel
• Adrijana Snoek (68), Sleeuwijk, Nederland
• Antje Jans KUIPER (47), Kuinre
• Antje Westra (75), Birdaard, Nederland
• Andreas Aarsen (90), Hengstdijk
• Anthonia Vroon (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1848 » Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer († 1927)
• 1857 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge († 1945)
• 1858 » Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer († 1955)
• 1859 » John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts († 1946)
• 1859 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician († 1940)
• 1860 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator († 1942)
• 1870 » Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator († 1947)
• 1872 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist († 1919)
• 1872 » Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator († 1955)
• 1875 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist († 1945)

• 1812 » Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
• 1830 » William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
• 1857 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 » Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 » Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)

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.
• February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

The temperature on September 18, 1861 was about 11.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.