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• Annie W Strockbine, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1930)
• Allegonda van Leeuwen, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1933)
• Agatha Maria Isselt van, eemnes († 1895)
• Anna Maria Susanna Schulte, Nordhorn-Bookholt
• "Felicia"Henriette Luise Günther
• * Maria Catharina Ulrich, Culemborg († 1923)
• Anna Wilhelmina Costermans, Oosterhout (G) († 1916)
• Albertus Katerborg, Helpman, Nederland († 1936)
• Aloys Laurent Verstraete, Klerken († 1862)
• Antoni Oltmanns, Nüttermoorersiel, Nüttermoor, Leer, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1926)

• Andries Soegies (5), Assen
• Aletta Maria Teeuwkens (15), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bouwina Abrahams Reitsema (53), Oldekerk, Nederland
• Berend De Jager (4), De Waard, Grijpskerk
• Bauke Michiels Klein (0), smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bakx (0), Oosterhout
• Antje Dijt (0)
• Antonia Hendrina Schoonman (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Belia Verwijs (73), Eethen
• Arnoldus Janssen Rozeboom (65), Vollenhove

• 1851 » George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria († 1916)
• 1856 » Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author († 1934)
• 1857 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)

• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)

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 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
• November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on August 8, 1861 was about 17.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.