About the day » Thursday August 22, 1861Calender converter

• Aartje Streefkerk, Strijen († 1914)
• Anna Brawley, of Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina
• Adriana Philippina Straub, Kloetinge († 1861)
• Anna Vroegindeweij, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Johannes Marinus Arnoldus de Beer, Ravenstein († 1936)
• Abraham Joziasse, Gemeente Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Maria Nelck, 's-Gravenhage († 1942)
• Aalbertje Paap, Zandvoort († 1862)
• Abigael Einarsdottir, Fagranes, Langanesi, N-Gingeyjarsssla, Šsland († 1861)
• Aleida ten Brink, Dalen (NL) († 1868)

• Adriana Voets (12), Schijndel
• Cornelis Petrus Alkemade (1), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Casparus Mos (0), scheveningen
• Annechien Joosten (72), Haarlem
• Adrianus Jaspert Vermeulen (0), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vanderveken (80), Erps-Kwerps, Kortenberg, België
• Annechien Hindriksdr Joosten (72), Haarlem
• Alexandre Auguste Wallut (75), Clermont, Namur, Belgique
• Anna Catharina Smit (1), Venlo
• Annigje Hendriks JOOSTEN (72), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands

• 1848 » Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News († 1929)
• 1854 » Milan I of Serbia († 1901)
• 1857 » Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager († 1937)
• 1860 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist († 1940)
• 1860 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk († 1940)
• 1862 » Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer († 1918)
• 1867 » Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor († 1934)
• 1867 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist († 1939)
• 1868 » Willis R. Whitney, American chemist († 1958)
• 1873 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher († 1928)

• 1818 » Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
• 1828 » Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
• 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
• 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)

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 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
• December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

The temperature on August 22, 1861 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.