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• Alexander Carl August Clarenbach, Stoegoer († 1888)
• Alexandre BONSENS, Esvres, 37320, France
• Aaltjen Mensink, Gelselaar, Berkelland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Christina Loffelt, Vianen († 1903)
• Aalt Juffer, Nunspeet († 1934)
• Abraham Vaz Dias, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1862)
• Alberdina Henrietta Gerritsen, Amsterdam († 1867)
• Aagje de Kruijf, Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriana van Rijswijk, Moergestel
• Adrianus van den Meiracker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Jacoba de Warem (82), Middelburg
• Anna Catharina Meerschaart (45), Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Alberta Helena Vermeij (0), Leiden
• Anna Gieske (0), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, NH, Nederland
• Adrianus Verweij (62), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ambroisine Marie Joséphine d'Estampes (92), Paris
• Antje Tjeerds Jongsma (28), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldert DE BOER (73), Hoorn, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Beer (70), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Jacoba de WAREM (82), Middelburg, 5734, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1840 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist († 1922)
• 1845 » Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist († 1909)
• 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)
• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)

• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)

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 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
• June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
• December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on August 17, 1861 was about 20.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.