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• Anna Catriena Diederica Goolen, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Hoekstra, Eestrum († 1860)
• Adriana Maria de Visser, Vlissingen (Vlissingen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1933)
• Agata Smit, Hillegersberg, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriaantje KIEP, Haaften (Gld.) († 1923)
• Albert Izaks VAN DIJKEN, Middelstum Groningen Netherlands († 1860)
• Adriana Susanna van der Hooft, Biervliet
• Alegonda Van Der Staaij, Echteld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1878)
• Albertus Moes, Dalen,Coevorden,Drente,Nederland
• Aaltje Laan, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)

• ARIJ ZONNEVELD, VLAARDINGEN
• Antoon Hendrik Camps (2), Horst,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonij Dirk WIEL (47)
• Arie Zonneveld (74), Vlaardingen
• Antje Wibbes Jonkmans (59), IJlst, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Geertruida Steijger (0), Vlaardingen
• Arend Reijm (3), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Johannes van Wesenbeeck (72), Roosendaal
• Adam Willier (74), Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Arend Jan GESINK (50), Wisch, Gelderland, NEDERLAND

• 1846 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist († 1915)
• 1852 » Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1935)
• 1858 » Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic († 1916)
• 1860 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer († 1904)
• 1861 » Florida Ruffin Ridley, African-American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer († 1943)
• 1862 » Frederick Delius, English composer († 1934)
• 1866 » Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter († 1944)
• 1866 » Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1867 » Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author († 1928)
• 1870 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant († 1927)

• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)

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 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.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
• December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

The temperature on January 29, 1860 was about 1.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.