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• Albert JONGSCHAAP, Wolvegea, Weststellingwerf, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Antonia Jacoba Carolina ZWANENBURG, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adolf Jan Heshuysen, Haarlem († 1901)
• Aagtje Davids Renkema, Niekerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1889)
• Andreas Cornelis Adrianus Poots, Oude Tonge († 1861)
• ARIE van der DUSSEN, GOUDERAK († 1942)
• Alle Jacobus Schurer, Ooststellingwerf († 1866)
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Geysen, Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1864)
• Arie DUSSEN, van der, Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Allegonda van Nistelrooij, Rosmalen

• Antje Cornelisdr de Jong (39), Katwijk
• Anje Pieters Iwema (43), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida van der Gaag (0), Vrijenban
• Aaltjen Bollemaat (49), Heemse
• Adriana van Geest (0), 's-Gravenzande
• Anna Christina Fontijn (0), Landsmeer
• Anje Pieters Iwema (43), Oldehove
• Adriaan Cornelis Lomans (60), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Hilletje Matthijse
• Adriana van Geest (0), 's-Gravenzande

• 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)

• 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.
• February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• 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.

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