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• Aafke Folkertsd Rinsma, Utingeradeel =Oldeboorn, fr.nld († 1861)
• Antoon Zijlmans, Waspik († 1861)
• Allegonda van Nistelrooij, Rosmalen
• Albertje Jans Oosterloo, Oostellingwerf,Friesland,Niederlande,Appelscha († 1935)
• Albert Charles Marie VAN HOOREBEKE, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, 21012, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 1888)
• Adolf Jan Heshuysen, Haarlem († 1901)
• Albert Jongschaap, Wolvega
• Arend Hendrikse, Ooltgensplaat († 1932)
• Anna Maria Geysen, Wuustwezel († 1864)
• Aagtje Renkema, (GR) Oldekerk († 1889)

• Aalbert Schijf (0), Jutphaas
• Anje Pieters Iwema (43), Oldehove
• Anna Martha Maduro (60), Aruba
• Berdina Henao Alvarez (22), sonson, Antioquia, Colombia
• Adrianus Heijnen (78), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertien Ties (36), Gasteren (Anloo)
• Alida Brinkmeijer (65)
• Anna Maria van der Heijden (56), Uden
• Alida van der Gaag (0), Vrijenban
• Adriaan Cornelis LOMANS, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1851 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler († 1887)
• 1851 » Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor († 1938)
• 1857 » Max Wagenknecht, German organist, composer, and educator († 1922)
• 1863 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author († 1940)
• 1865 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1867 » Cupid Childs, American baseball player († 1912)
• 1867 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1933)
• 1870 » Nelson McDowell, American actor († 1947)
• 1871 » Guangxu Emperor of China († 1908)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

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 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
• February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• 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.
• July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

The temperature on August 14, 1861 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.