About the day » Saturday May 25, 1861Calender converter

• - Reith, Sargenzell, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1861)
• Anna Johanna Maria Volker († 1864)
• Anna Maria Petronella van BEKHOVEN, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Kock, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1950)
• Albert Jacobs, Möhlenwarf, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Anthony Balzer, Baltimore City, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1863)
• Anna Katharina Wilhelmina Gellecom,, Duiven Gld. Nederland († 1921)
• Ana Cândida do Sacramento, Campo Largo, São Paulo, Brasil
• de Groot, Heiloo († 1861)
• Albertus Kerkdijk, De Pollen, Vriezenveen († 1940)

• Antheunis Wondergem (1), Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) BOUMAN (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Albert SIJBRING (1), Eext (Anloo), Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Gooitzens Harmensma (44)
• Antje Gooytzens Harmensma (42), Grouw Friesland Nederland
• Adrianus Benedictus Lambrechts (56), Wilmarsdonk
• Adriana van Weele (63), Kapelle
• Antje Gooitzens Harmensma (42), Grouw
• Antonia Klein Lebbink (1), Harfsen
• Adrianus de Kaper Kaaper (72), Leiden

• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)
• 1848 » Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, educator, and publisher († 1924)
• 1852 » William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer († 1933)
• 1856 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general († 1942)
• 1860 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1865 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1867 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter († 1950)
• 1869 » Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator († 1936)
• 1869 » Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic († 1918)

• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)

• 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.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• 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 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.
• October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day

The temperature on May 25, 1861 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.