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• Anna Catharina van de Zande, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Alida Petronella de Vries, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Flipse, Grijpskerke, Walcheren, NL († 1936)
• Albert Wilken, Helermeer († 1862)
• Adriana Zijdemans, Overschie
• Albina Tapper, Manslagt, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany († 1898)
• Anna Maria Braun, Hetzerath, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Alberta Jacoba van Loghem, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Derksen, Stokkum, Netherlands
• Adrianus Vriends, Breda († 1861)

• Anthonetta van der Veer (0), Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ary Boom (66), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (l.l.) Post (0), Nijmegen
• Anna Catharina Debats (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Abraham Clemens Bechtel (84), Douglas Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Arij Boom (66), Stolwijk, Nederland
• Anna Maria Meijs (0), Geleen, LI, Netheralnds
• Baukje Thymens de Jong (0), Uteringeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• barbara jacobsdr. KRUIDENIER (83), charlois
• Barbara Jacobsdr Kruidenier (83), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)
• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)

• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)

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 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on August 24, 1861 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.