title: 1961 in Estonia
text: # 1961 in Estonia
  
  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
  