About the day » Monday August 26, 1861Calender converter

• Adriana Trommelen, Drunen († 1939)
• Amanda Keyser Kolb
• Aaltje Spijker, Oldemarkt († 1895)
• Albert Henry Dakin, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1928)
• Adriana Maria van der Pas, Breda († 1922)
• - levenloze dochter - Claassen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Aaltje Zeeboer, Nijkerk
• Adriaan van de Vrie, 's-Heer Abtskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1929)
• Preuijt, geervliet (zuid holland)
• Antonetta Goossens, Deurne, Nbr.NL († 1864)

• Aaltje Harmens Holwerda (14), Hallum
• Anna Maria de MOOR (3), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Johanna Funnekotter (39), Zutphen
• Aaltje Rietveld (75), willige langerak (utrecht)
• Antje Tak (0), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anthonie Lievense (22), Nieuwerkerk
• - levenloze dochter - Claassen (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Baken Bake (77), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annegijn Hindriks Mulder (70), Oude Pekela (Groningen)
• Aaltie Rietveld (75), Willige Langerak

• 1854 » Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer († 1932)
• 1856 » Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress († 1939)
• 1862 » Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader († 1926)
• 1865 » Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station († 1946)
• 1873 » Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube († 1961)
• 1874 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1938)
• 1875 » John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada († 1940)
• 1880 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1918)
• 1882 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1882 » Sam Hardy, English footballer († 1966)

• 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• 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 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
• 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 26, 1861 was about 18.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.