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• Anne Catherina Albertina de Haan, Beetsterszwaag (gemeente Opsterland) († 1945)
• Anna Maria Christina van der Horst, Helmond
• Anna Schöberl, Lackenbach, Oostenrijk († 1941)
• ANNA HERMINA VAN BUUREN, Geldermalsen († 1905)
• Karstel, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Claessen (Claassen), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltien Meijerink, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1956)
• Allen Joseph MacDonald, Fort Augustus, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada († 1879)
• Albertus Preuniger, Delft († 1924)
• Anna Cornelia Arens, Amsterdam

• Anna Maria Stevens (38), Tholen
• Anna Potze (3), Vlagtwedde
• Anna Maria Stevens (38), Tholen
• Aagje Meijerts Kunis (73)
• Anna Maria Loerakker (23), Heemstede
• Adolphus Petus Vandenheede (0), Sint Andries
• Adriana Appels (70), Rotterdam
• Angenieta Middelhoven (7), Ede,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje de Boer (48)
• Adrianus Bouwens (0), Udenhout

• 1848 » Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic († 1937)
• 1851 » Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor († 1925)
• 1856 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer († 1920)
• 1856 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst († 1939)
• 1861 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress († 1931)
• 1868 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author († 1927)
• 1869 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan († 1932)
• 1870 » Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer († 1936)
• 1871 » Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet († 1914)
• 1871 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)

• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)

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.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• 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.

The temperature on May 6, 1860 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.