About the day » Tuesday August 13, 1861Calender converter

• Albert KOPER, Zandvoort (N-H) († 1946)
• Albert Wesseling, Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1885)
• Aaltjen Nijkamp, Holten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1920)
• Aaltje Freerks van der Veer, Bakkeveen († 1930)
• Albert Hendriksz Wijnbergen, Apeldoorn
• Aaltje Koenen, Hoogland
• "Alix" Gabrielle Marie de Solages, Blaye, Tarn, France († 1901)
• Adriana Spruit, Woerden
• Aaltje Freerksd van der Veer, Bakkeveen, opsterland.fr.nld († 1930)
• Aarrend de Jonge, Sliedrecht († 1952)

• Adriana Zwinkels (11), Waalre
• Adriaan Sterk (7), Amsterdam
• Benedictus Jacobs Visser (60), Holwerd
• Anna Huber (82)
• Agnieta van Nimwegen (0), Amersfoort
• Antje Jakobs Helder (37), Leens
• Antje Feenstra (19), Drogeham
• Angenietje Zwaanswijk (61), Zuidland
• Ate Willems BOSCH (52), Boijl
• Arend Kolhoff (0), Steenwijk

• 1841 » Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer († 1891)
• 1842 » Charles Wells, English brewer, founded Charles Wells Ltd († 1914)
• 1851 » Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator († 1933)
• 1860 » Annie Oakley, American target shooter († 1926)
• 1866 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A († 1945)
• 1867 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator († 1933)
• 1872 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1942)
• 1879 » John Ireland, English composer and educator († 1962)
• 1884 » Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach († 1957)
• 1888 » John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television († 1946)

• 1795 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (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.
• January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
• May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
• July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• 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.

The temperature on August 13, 1861 was about 20.6 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.