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• Aaltje Visscher, Genemuiden († 1927)
• Anna Jacoba Johanna Bouvy, Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands († 1910)
• Aart Hommersom, Ochten
• Nicolaas den Uijl, Benschop († 1944)
• Hooijschuur, Zaandam († 1924)
• Anthonius van der Kleij-, Schalkwijk, Nederland († 1925)
• Antonie Arie van Zanten, Culemborg (GL) († 1900)
• Alexander Kleinbloesem, Delfshaven
• Anna Theresia Ramboer, Ichtegem
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Bavel, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aafje Mulder (40), Jisp
• Abigail Slocum HOWLAND (50), New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Hamackers (43), Tilburg
• Anna Geertrui Tuil (77), Beusichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Van Rhijn (1), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaida Louisa Adelaide Slock (0), Nederland Zeeland Terneuzen Sas Van Gent
• Anna Geertrui van Tuil (77), Beusichem
• Aaltien Brill (2), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anje Hindriks BULTHUIS (70), Farmsum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Helbers (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1836 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer († 1891)
• 1844 » Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1860 » Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic († 1952)
• 1865 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School († 1967)
• 1867 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist († 1934)
• 1875 » Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever († 1997)
• 1878 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader († 1973)
• 1881 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer († 1945)
• 1885 » Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright († 1957)
• 1887 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War († 1945)

• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Klaas
16. John

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Mary
15. Antje
16. Elizabeth

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• 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).
• The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
• March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

The temperature on February 21, 1860 was about 1.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.