About the day » Thursday September 26, 1861Calender converter

• Anthonij Hermanus Disselkoen, De Lier
• Anna Post, St. Annaparochie († 1901)
• Almtje Namlesd Holstein, Harlingen, fr.nld
• Alijda Middelaar, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1938)
• Adrianus Verhagen, Nieuw Vossemeer,N-Br, NL († 1949)
• Adrianus Stam, Kralingen († 1922)
• Aldegonda Baeten, Posterholt, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Andreas MAAS, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• Alijda Middelaar, Amersfoort († 1938)
• Adrianus Verhagen, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Nederland († 1949)

• Allegonda van Keulen (0), Tiel
• Aafke van der Kluft (63), Achtkarspelen
• Adriaan Verbeek (1), Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke Klazes van der Kluft (63), Gerkesklooster
• Antonie Schutte (7), Epe
• Adriana Johanna van der Wel (0), Monster
• Anna Maria Margaretha Riddering (60), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Antonie van DIJCK (73), Stratum, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Heinsbroek (61), Delft,-
• Andries Wallin (35), den helder

• 1848 » Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist († 1931)
• 1849 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1865 » Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford († 1937)
• 1869 » Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer († 1935)
• 1870 » Christian X of Denmark († 1947)
• 1872 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer († 1945)
• 1873 » Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator († 1940)
• 1874 » Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist († 1940)
• 1875 » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer († 1959)
• 1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)

• 1800 » William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)
• 1802 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (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 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• 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.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

The temperature on September 26, 1861 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.