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• Akke Gabes Langhout, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• Andreas Fredericus Antonius Klaassens, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje Kistemaker, Sijbekarspel († 1878)
• Andries Pieter Seltenrijch, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Adriana Hendriks, Chaam, Nederland († 1927)
• Aart van Dijk, Leusden
• Alberdina Edens, Winschoten († 1945)
• Herman Helsloot, IJsselstein († 1914)
• Adriana Schreur, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1923)
• Aleida Hendrina Huls, Wisch († 1861)

• Anna Helena Brummel (67)
• Alexander Sim (81), Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Anna Maria van Steenbeek (56), Schiedam
• Aaltjen Luitjens Krikke (60), Tjalleberd
• Aaltje Luites Krikke (60), Aengwirden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Brouwer (16), Beekbergen
• Aleida Zengerink (35), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Lubbers van Dijk (62), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Riel (66), Ginneken en Bavel
• Alice Wyles (70), Empingham, Rutland, England, United Kingdom

• 1837 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet († 1885)
• 1842 » Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer († 1918)
• 1848 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1907)
• 1852 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1868 » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player († 1949)
• 1869 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist († 1946)
• 1874 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1955)
• 1877 » Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist († 1936)
• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)
• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)

• 1799 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
• 1810 » Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)

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 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on February 24, 1861 was about 8.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.