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• Anna Maria Beautemps (Boding Bautemps), Morsbach (Duitsl) Wurselen Doop Reg
• adrianus engelbertus timmermans, vught († 1861)
• Adrianus Theodorus Schippers, Schiedam,- († 1936)
• (1) Alphonse Theophile Steelant, Harelbeke (W-VL) België († 1888)
• Annechien Klaas Salomons, Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands(Gasselternijveen)
• Aaldert Oosterloo, Smilde († 1894)
• Anna Walthaus ongehuwd, Smilde, Dr, Nederland († 1922)
• Heil, Beverwijk († 1860)
• Aaltje Groot, Hensbroek, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Anna Willems de Roos, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)

• Abraham Koster (30), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alda Johanna van Duijne (0), Scheveningen
• Edmond C. Penn (71), Trenton, TN, United States
• Adriana Mallens (49), Tilburg
• Adriana Bernaerts (48), Wuustwezel (B)
• Catharina Akse (2), Westerbork
• Catharina Akse (2), Nieuweroort..Westerbork
• Dirk Rood (62), Obdam
• Dorothea Stam (59), Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Daniël Bonte (0), Leiden

• 1836 » Warren Brown, American historian and politician († 1919)
• 1837 » Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1894)
• 1855 » John Hodges, Australian cricketer († 1933)
• 1858 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1860 » Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player († 1939)
• 1870 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer († 1912)
• 1874 » Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg († 1953)
• 1877 » Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge († 1954)
• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)

• 1813 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)

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.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• 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 August 11, 1860 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.