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• Anna Zijlmans, Raamsdonk
• Alphonse Henri Metz, Ieper, België
• Adriana UDO, Heerewaarden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1918)
• Andries van den Berge, 's-Gravenpolder
• Anna Zijlmans, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Anna Maria Mengelkamp, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltje Blink, 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland († 1867)
• Aafje Mooij, Medemblik
• Aaltje Penterman, Voorst
• Adriana Udo, Heerewaarden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1918)

• Antje Klaas Balder (Baltus) (73), Medemblik
• Aaltje van de Schuur (65), Harderwijk
• Antonius Hubertus van Es (0), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje de Rover, Schelluinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Andrew Pickens (76), Weaverville, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Anastase FRITSCH (71), Hilsenheim, 67, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Anna Catharina Elisabetta Joost (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Martens Vissia (67), Nuis
• Adriaan Swaans (48), Tilburg
• Anna Dijkhuizen (23), Kloosterburen

• 1847 » Martin Pierre Marsick, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1850 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic († 1925)
• 1856 » Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer († 1928)
• 1863 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist († 1950)
• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)
• 1891 » José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines († 1959)
• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1892 » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener († 1962)

• 1808 » Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (b. 1739)
• 1810 » Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1825 » Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)
• 1831 » Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)

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 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on March 9, 1860 was about -3.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.