About the day » Monday November 25, 1861Calender converter

• Andries Blaak, Oudenhoorn († 1942)
• Antonia Faro, 's Gravenmoer
• Adriana Pietronella Maria Tuijten, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adrianus Cardinaal, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Faro, 's Gravenmoer († 1862)
• Abraham FRANCKE, Serooskerke, Walcheren († 1941)
• Alida Stangenbergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Isabella Berendsen, Doetinchem († 1935)
• Abraham Bink, Leiden
• Anna Elsje Nelemans, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1869)

• ADRIANUS VAN ZWET (2), SCHIEDAM
• Alagonda Wijlaers (66), Waalre
• Albertus Jacobus Wagenaar (8), Arnhem, GD, Nederland
• Aaltje Klaassens Groothuis (42), Garrelsweer, Nederland
• Adriaan Verplakke (0), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aarnout (Arnout) Wolfert (61), Zaamslag
• Aleida Hulst (78), Dinxperlo
• Amand Claeys (44), Vladsloo
• Aaltje Klaassen Groothuis (42), Garrelsweer, Groningen, Nederland, Nederland
• Johannes Baptist de Crom (46), Woensdrecht

• 1858 » Alfred Capus, French journalist, author, and playwright († 1922)
• 1862 » Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer († 1901)
• 1862 » Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower († 1958)
• 1865 » Kate Gleason, American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist († 1933)
• 1867 » Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr († 1941)
• 1868 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse († 1937)
• 1869 » Ben Lindsey, American lawyer and judge († 1934)
• 1870 » Maurice Denis, French painter of Les Nabis movement († 1943)
• 1870 » Winthrop Ames, American director, producer, and playwright († 1937)
• 1872 » Robert Maysack, American gymnast and triathlete († 1960)

• 1785 » Richard Glover, English poet and politician (b. 1712)
• 1865 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1884 » Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
• 1885 » Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1920 » Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)
• 1925 » Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)
• 1934 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
• 1944 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)

• 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 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• 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.
• August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.

The temperature on November 25, 1861 was about 1.8 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.