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• Anna Wilhelmina van der Staaij, Maassluis († 1925)
• Adriana Maria van Moll, Hoogeloon († 1860)
• Anna Louisa van Gulden, 's-Gravenhage († 1919)
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Staaij, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus van RIEL, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Adrianus Kolen, Tilburg († 1902)
• Adriana Neeltje Cornelia Ball, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Nielen, Rhenen {GE} († 1931)
• Booij, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Staay, Maassluis († 1925)

• Anna Maria Appolonia Roeckner, Lank bei Heiligenbeil
• Antonius Hersman (14), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Schipper (15), Wolphaartsdijk
• Adriana Cornelia van Lil
• Adriana Maria Mast van der (68), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Hulst (0), Loon op Zand
• Antonius Manschot (10), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Artz (81), Batenburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Proost (56), Vosselaar
• Anna Catharina Proost (56), Vosselaar

• 1844 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1847 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland († 1906)
• 1848 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist († 1919)
• 1851 » Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka († 1930)
• 1864 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor († 1915)
• 1865 » Harry Chauvel, Australian general († 1945)
• 1866 » José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1918)
• 1867 » Wilbur Wright, American inventor († 1912)
• 1871 » John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1909)
• 1874 » Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general († 1936)

• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)

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.
• 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.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.

The temperature on April 16, 1860 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%.