About the day » Saturday December 29, 1860Calender converter

• Adrianus Prinsenberg († 1862)
• Arnolda Barendina Duiveman, Utrecht († 1950)
• Annigje Wensleven, Lexmond († 1926)
• Adrianus Albertus Dolk, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Schottländer, Niemodlin, Opolskie, Poland
• Annigje Wensleven, Lexmond, Zederik, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Jongman, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Maria SOETEKOUW, Wamel
• Albert Harm van Dijk, Middelstum († 1941)
• Adrianus Albertus Dolk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Andries Jans Struiksma (33), Reitsum, gem. Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Hoogeloon (0), Gilze en Rijen
• ???? (parents Shreeve & Cooney) Shreeve (0)
• * Cornelis van Dolderen (0), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Geertrui Blom (1), Waardenbug
• Anne Elisabeth Vanbrabant (44), Sint-Truiden, België
• Anna Stormezand (2), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoogeveen (2), Harlingen
• Aaltje Roelofse (70), Rheden, Velp
• Aafke Jansd Berkenbosch (64), Oudeschoot, schoterland.fr.nld

• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)
• 1856 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic († 1894)
• 1859 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico († 1920)
• 1874 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop († 1949)
• 1876 » Lionel Tertis, English violist († 1975)
• 1876 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor († 1973)
• 1879 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot († 1936)
• 1881 » Jess Willard, American boxer († 1968)
• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)

• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)

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.
• February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
• May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on December 29, 1860 was about -5.8 °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 95%.