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• ADRIANA BELIA SCHIPPERS, AMEIDE († 1935)
• Adriaantje de Hoop, Goudriaan († 1932)
• Alice Regina* Friederich, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Adriana van Leent, Terheijden († 1942)
• Molenaar, Stolwijk, S-Hlnd, Nthr († 1861)
• Adolphine Motquin-Robillard, Temploux, Namur, Belgium († 1945)
• , vianen († 1867)
• Abraham van den Ouden, Bruinisse
• Adriaantje (Jaantje) Middelkoop, Schoonrewoerd
• Albertus Bril, Heemse, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)

• Anje Jakobs Doornbos (76), Zuidbroek
• Adriana Hendrika Louwers
• Adriana Stolk (24), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Martens Spoelstra (6), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Jakobs Dorenbos (76), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Jakobs Hut (76), Zuidbroek
• Albert FAAS (0), Franeker (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Angelina Van Dormael (38), Westerlo (Belgie)
• antonie stads (0), hilvarenbeek
• Andries Lourens Hector (71), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1847 » Jesse James, American outlaw († 1882)
• 1856 » Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician († 1922)
• 1867 » Amy Beach, American pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1871 » Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
• 1872 » Horace Rice, Australian tennis player († 1950)
• 1872 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician († 1936)
• 1873 » Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer († 1942)
• 1874 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager († 1959)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal († 1956)
• 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)

• 1836 » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1838 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (b. 1764)
• 1857 » Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
• 1894 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (b. 1822)
• 1898 » Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
• 1901 » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1902 » Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844)

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 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.

The temperature on September 5, 1861 was about 18.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.