This article lists events that occurred during 1961 in Estonia. Events 1 December – Tallinn Botanic Garden was established. Construction of Õismäe (subdivision of Tallinn) starts. Construction is ended 1973.
Births 22 April - Alo Mattiisen, composer 2 October - Jaan Toomik, video artist, painter, and filmmaker
Deaths 14 January - Herman Aav, head of Finnish Orthodox Church 4 April - Harald Riipalu, commander in the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during World War II 20 April - Ado Vabbe, painter 14 September - Ernst Gustav Kühnert, architect and art historian
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