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• Aaltjen Schuurkamp, Bathmen († 1936)
• Aart WOLS, Ridderkerk
• Aaltje Egberts Veenstra, Drachten († 1893)
• Adriaan den Bok, Almkerk en Uitwijk († 1941)
• Aldert Gerbens Popma, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• Hamers, Deventer († 1861)
• "Cornelia" Susanna Johanna Wilhelmina Prins, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas († 1939)
• Aaltjen Schuurkamp, Bathmen († 1936)
• Alfred UNGERER, Strasbourg, 67482, Bas Rhin, Alsace, Frankrijk († 1933)
• Albertje Zwiers, Zweeloo,Drenthe,Niederlande,Aalden

• Aagje Kieboom, sleeuwijk
• Aaltje Sytzes Boermans (67), Paesens (Oostdongeradeel)
• Anna Maria (Marijtje) Hendriks Kruijer (83), Medemblik
• Adriaan~Boudewijnsz de Haas (57), Hardinxveld
• Alida Susanna van Dissel (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Schelling (0), Zuid-Beijerland
• Adriaan de Haas (57), Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIANUS JONGERUITER (30), Ridderkerk
• Adolphus De Walsche (0), Zele, 9240, Dendermonde, Oost Vlaanderen
• ANDRIEN JOSEPH VANDERSAVEL (59), HERVE

• 1861 » Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1865 » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist († 1955)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)

• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)

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.
• February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
• December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
• December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 2, 1861 was about 20.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.