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• Aleida Maria Tjeenk Willink, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Aaltje van den Bosch, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1947)
• Aaltje van den Bosch, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Aaltje van den Bosch, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna van Bloppoel, Goes († 1946)
• Anna Maria Josephina van Rijckevorsel, ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1878)
• Anna Constantia Janssens, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Adrianus van Liempd, Schijndel († 1936)
• Adriana Ingelse, Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1889)
• Anna Maria Josephine van Rijckevorsel, 's Hertogenbosch, N.B († 1878)

• Anna Carolina Braeckmans (63), Putte, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alida Maria van der Graaf (2), Hillegersberg, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Nederland
• Veenstra (0), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Abeltje Boerema (0), Usquert (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Anna Maria van Schijndel (48), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart STRUIK (28), culemborg
• Andries Andreas Berkhof (58), Oosterhout
• Andreas Berkhof (58), Oosterhout
• Adriana van Rodenrijs (54), Nederhorst den Berg
• Andreas Berkhof (58), Oosterhout

• 1843 » Henry James, American novelist, short story writer, and critic († 1916)
• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)

• 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)

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.
• January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• 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.
• 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 April 15, 1860 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.