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• Alfons Vervaet, Kalken, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1918)
• Adrianus Johannes Leendert Schellevis, Monster
• Anthonia Dreverman, Utrecht († 1949)
• Anna Post
• Antje Hoff, Noord Scharwoude († 1883)
• Anne Johannesz Wassenaar, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Johanna Verhoef, Baambrugge, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1951)
• Alexander van Lennep, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1934)
• Alexander (jonkheer) van Lennep, Amsterdam († 1934)
• * Marrigje Lakerveld, Meerkerk

• Albertus Bas, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Eilander (50), Heerde
• Aaltjen Polmans-Zomerhuis (85), Voorst,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lewis (1), Wognum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Omloo (53), Echt, Netherlands
• Adriana Boogaardt (0), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert BAS (42), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aart LEEGGANGER (0), mijnsheerenland
• Anna Catharina Meijs (81), Nederokkerzeel, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• anna hendrika van MEERTEN (28), gouda

• 1845 » Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher († 1918)
• 1847 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone († 1922)
• 1860 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager († 1925)
• 1866 » Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago († 1914)
• 1868 » Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist († 1951)
• 1869 » Henry Wood, English conductor († 1944)
• 1871 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist († 1957)
• 1873 » William Green, American union leader and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1880 » Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1946)

• 1792 » Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Klaas
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Aaltje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Trijntje
14. Neeltje
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 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
• February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
• February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.