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• Augustus CASTELEYN, Zedelgem († 1942)
• Baldeus Keller, Oud-Beijerland († 1935)
• Carolus Ludovicus Valkaert, Bornem, België († 1914)
• Allegonda Ceelen, Haren
• Carel Christiaan Klik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van Brussel
• Aalbert van den Heuvel, Wijngaarden († 1891)
• Aankjen Gurbes Fokkema, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Brands, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Geertruyda Geelhoedt, Hoek († 1947)

• Adriana Maria Leeuw (60), ´s Hertogenbosch
• Antoon HAENRAETS, Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Thurkow (26), Soden (Nassau)
• antonius hanraets (67), maasbree
• Aart Sanders Van De Vliert (44), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aukjen Jacobs Gorter (75), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Dijsselblom (61), Mierlo
• Arend Troost (0), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Clasina Blok (57), Jaarsveld
• Aagje van Leeuwen (36), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1842 » Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist († 1924)
• 1843 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire († 1919)
• 1870 » Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator († 1952)
• 1871 » James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas († 1944)
• 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
• 1879 » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author († 1964)
• 1879 » Taishō, emperor of Japan († 1926)
• 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
• 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
• 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)

• 1811 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
• 1817 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
• 1818 » Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (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. 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.
• March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• 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 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
• October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.

The temperature on August 31, 1860 was about 15.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.