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• "Berthe" Marie Josèphe Pauline Le Rouge de Guerdavid († 1911)
• Cornelis van Duinen, Amersfoort († 1861)
• Albert Jan Koert, Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Vossebelt († 1868)
• Anne Huitema, Oosterzee († 1957)
• Albert Jan Koert, Vossebelt (Dalen) († 1868)
• Adriana Brandse, Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana Brandse, Nieuwveen († 1898)
• Anna Maria Brenders, Berkel-Enschot († 1932)
• Bertha Maria Josephine Pauline Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Botsorhel, Bretagne († 1911)
• Arthur Hugh Grosvenor († 1929)

• Alje Wilts Pauls (84), Ochtelbur, Ostfriesland, Hannover
• Beerens (1)
• Annegijn Krook (57), Veenhuizen, Norg, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna de Gelder (0), Zuidland
• Alle Hindriks van Der Veen (82), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• AntoniaTheodorus Blumers (2), Dokkum
• Anna Maria Sophia Wildbret (0), Amsterdam
• Antonetta van Luyt, Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Antonia Verbakel (19), Erp, Nederland
• Adriana Meliefste (0), Nieuw en Sint Joosland

• 1842 » John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia († 1894)
• 1847 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast († 1924)
• 1852 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic († 1919)
• 1852 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish († 1921)
• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

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. Antje
15. Mary
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.
• January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
• March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• 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.

The temperature on May 31, 1860 was about 16.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.