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• Andries Philippus Tewis, Harlingen († 1879)
• Aaltjen Kettelarij, Hall (gem.Brummen)
• Adela Frances Rojas, California († 1911)
• Alice Philomene Marie Louise ROYON, Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1929)
• Ann Marie Sophie Bohnsack († 1944)
• Sybrand van Douwen, Dokkum
• Alouysius Van Mele, Waasmunster (B)
• Aaltje Kruize, Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde) († 1931)
• Amalia Maria Margaretha Four du Baron, Harderwijk
• Albert Frederick BEUTLER, Trubschachen, Berne, Suisse († 1948)

• Anna(1) van den Bos (0), Delft
• Adrianus Konings (44), Rucphen, NL
• Aaltje Komen (0), Sint Maarten, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje ( Harms ) Wemmenhove (45), Koekange, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Harms Wemmenhoeve (45), Koekange, De Wijk
• Adriana Overes (0), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Drenth (0), Wildervank
• Aaltje Gerrits Kamstra (33), Fr. Stroobos
• Berend Waarle (58), Mossel (Vorden)
• Aagje (1) van HARTEN (0), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1848 » William Harnett, Irish-American painter and educator († 1892)
• 1856 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time († 1915)
• 1860 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist († 1936)
• 1865 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1936)
• 1868 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman († 1954)
• 1869 » Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar († 1943)
• 1870 » Trần Tế Xương a Vietnamese poet and satirist († 1907)
• 1872 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist († 1972)
• 1874 » Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and from 1926 to 1940. († 1944)
• 1874 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States († 1964)

• 1806 » Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)

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 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• 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.
• 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 August 10, 1861 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.