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• Anna Helena Berens, Hebelermeer,Duitsland
• Adriana Dingena de Graaff, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Bernardus van Boesschoten, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriana JANSEN, Dordrecht
• Adriana Verbeek, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1903)
• Adriaan Sebregts, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1932)
• Naber, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1861)
• Adrianus van Engelen, Chaam
• Allegonda van Doleweerd, Schijndel
• Adrianus Sebregts, Halsteren (Bergen op Zoom) (Noord-Brabant) († 1932)

• Anna Hesseling (54), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Blanca Frederica Waterschoot (3)
• Aagtje van Dijken (3), Bedum
• Anna Johannesdr Scherpenisse (54), Klundert (Moerdijk), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jans van der Sjouw (57), Rinsumageest
• Antoine Clodomir Yrondy (0), Chaussenac, Cantal, Frankrijk
• Adam Mosk (76), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benedictus Gaans van (2), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Matthias Hormel (1), Arnhem
• Anna Scherpenisse (55), Klundert (N.B.)

• 1836 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet († 1902)
• 1840 » George C. Magoun, American businessman († 1893)
• 1841 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1845 » Ludwig II of Bavaria († 1886)
• 1850 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1867 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany († 1951)
• 1869 » Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete († 1951)
• 1877 » Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation († 1965)
• 1878 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1882 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland († 1966)

• 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)

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.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

The temperature on August 25, 1861 was about 13.8 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.