About the day » Saturday August 24, 1861Calender converter

• Abram Bouwman, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland
• Adelaide LECOMTE, Rekkem († 1899)
• Alijda Hermanna Ellerbroek, Frederiksoord (Vledder, Drente) († 1931)
• Geleijns, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1863)
• Adrianus Magielse, Fijnaart H († 1940)
• Adrianus Machielse, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Adrianus Vriends, Breda († 1861)
• Alphonsus Petrus Hubertus Verschuuren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Braun, Hetzerath, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Anna Maria Derksen, Stokkum, Netherlands

• Anna Maria Meijs (0), Geleen, LI, Netheralnds
• Barbera KRUIDENIER (83), Charlois
• Amilia Beijen (55), Rietveld,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Baukje Thymens de Jong (0), Uteringeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hilbrands BOERSTRA (80), Aldeberkeap, Eaststellingwerf, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Arij Boom (66), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Oudijk van Putten (81), Vlissingen
• Adrianus de Bruin (0), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Abigail Atkins (89), Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Abraham Watse Dirks Ringnalda (7), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland

• 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.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• 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.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• 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 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%.