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• Alida 't Hart, Pernis († 1862)
• Aafje Kuiken, Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Witsenhuijsen, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1923)
• Anna Teuben, Kalkwijk, Nederland († 1922)
• "José" Carlos Borromeo Luis Gonzaga Camilo Pedro de Alcantara Joaquin Fabriciano Ruspoli, Madrid († 1944)
• Aalbert Berendsen, Harderwijk († 1863)
• Anna Maria Meijs, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus SEGERS, Gand,9000,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Rutten, Posterholt († 1936)
• Albert Wolters, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) († 1864)

• Andrea Helena van der Dussen (81), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bastaan Jacobsz De Jong (25), Mijnsheerenland
• Ariaantje HEUVEL, van den (37), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• bastaan jacobsz de JONG (25), mijnsheerenland
• Aaltje Lit (Lith) (0), Woerden, Nederland
• - Brouwers (0), Dorkwerd, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aalbert Beekman (67), Beekbergen (Apeldoorn)
• Carl Friederich August Naber (64), Deventer
• Ariaantje van den Heuvel (37), Lekkerkerk
• Ariaantje GROOT (6), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1849 » William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic († 1903)
• 1850 » John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia († 1929)
• 1852 » Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian († 1883)
• 1852 » Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia († 1913)
• 1852 » Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist († 1918)
• 1854 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1864 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1867 » Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic († 1948)
• 1868 » Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright († 1950)
• 1872 » Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra († 1957)

• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)

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 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• 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 23, 1861 was about 18.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.