About the day » Tuesday May 1, 1860Calender converter

• Andrew James DeHay, St Johns Berkeley, Berkeley, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Andrew Jackson Reynolds, North Carolina
• Adrianus Scheurwater, Zwijndrecht Zhl. NL († 1860)
• Aaltje Sipkes Gorter, Marum († 1917)
• Adriana Steenwijk, Rotterdam
• A C C Wijbrands († 1951)
• Aaltje Stip, Ermelo († 1936)
• kistenmaker Henricus Feelders, Schiedam
• Anske Lam, Leeuwarden
• Antonia BRANDENBURG, Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1932)

• Arie Snaterse (1), Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina VERNIERS (77), Evergem
• Adriaantje Berghout (0), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wouterina NOORLANDER (0), Strijen
• Arris Baars (7), Rhenen
• ?N Derynck (0), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Albertus van der Hoorn (1), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Alida van Andel (0), Poederoijen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelia Maria Dombrecht (0)
• Anne VAN DER HEIDE (1), Oostwold, Leek

• 1850 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn († 1942)
• 1851 » Laza Lazarević, Serbian psychiatrist and neurologist († 1891)
• 1852 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout († 1903)
• 1852 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1853 » Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Jewish Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright († 1909)
• 1855 » Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic († 1942)
• 1857 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer († 1891)
• 1859 » Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

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.
• April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
• September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).

The temperature on May 1, 1860 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 30%.