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• Andriesje Aalderson, Steenwijk,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Habets, Heugem († 1925)
• Aaldrik Kraster*, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus Snoeren, Loon op Zand († 1899)
• Anna Elisabeth Verbraak, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1861)
• Johannes Hendricus Matheus Helsloot, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Ellens, Scharmer, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1911)
• Anna Maria Moors, Waltwilder († 1938)
• Aloijsius Josephus Bernardus Sieringh, Bergeijk
• Aleida Lutke Schipholt, Denekamp, Dinkelland, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1937)

• Anna Catharina De Pauw (80), Ruisbroek, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Annechien Westerhof (2), Exloërveen, Odoorn
• Anna Huber (82), Green Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Offerhaus, Zutphen
• Anthonie van der STAR (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Petronella van Onsenoort (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Aafje Groot (61), Wijdenes
• Aaltjen Seesink (71), Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Wouters (68), Wechelterzande
• Agatha Wilhelmina van Voss (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland NL

• 1852 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus († 1890)
• 1856 » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist († 1917)
• 1857 » Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator († 1924)
• 1859 » Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author († 1929)
• 1860 » Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler († 1907)
• 1866 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist († 1907)
• 1866 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1867 » Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator († 1963)
• 1870 » Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist († 1925)
• 1871 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian politician, 2nd President of Latvia († 1939)

• 1822 » Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
• 1827 » William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757)
• 1829 » Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760)
• 1848 » George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1861 » Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
• 1865 » William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
• 1891 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)

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 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
• 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.
• December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

The temperature on August 12, 1861 was about 28.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.