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• Albert Abrahams Esselbrugge, Hoogeveen († 1926)
• Aris Krab, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1945)
• "Francisco María" Isabel Gabriel Pedro Sebastián Afonso de Borbón, Madrid († 1923)
• Albert Esselbrugge, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1926)
• Adriana van der Pijl, Nieuwpoort, Nederland († 1862)
• Anne Maria EVELEIGH, Cardness, New South Wales, Australia († 1916)
• Arie Damsteeg, Noordeloos († 1928)
• Bastiaan TAK, Strijen († 1864)
• Adriaan Koster, Baarland, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1871)
• Alice Ally Josephine Ferree († 1892)

• Aaltje Hilbrands Boerstra (80), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abraham Gaar (92), Richmond, Wayne County, IN
• Aaltjen EIJLANDER (79), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Hooidonk (0), Leiden
• Aart van Meerveld (59), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonse Blondeel (1), Brugge
• Aaltjen Claassen Eilander (79), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleijbarttus Diiekerhof (4), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltje Eilander (79), Wapenveld (Heerde)
• Aaltje Eilander (79), Wapenveld (Heerde)

• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)
• 1847 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author († 1912)
• 1856 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright († 1909)
• 1860 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France († 1934)
• 1865 » Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer († 1911)
• 1868 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player († 1954)
• 1873 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland († 1950)
• 1881 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1943)
• 1881 » Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author († 1959)

• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)

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.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• 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.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 20, 1861 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.