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• Arie Boele, Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Arend Kiezebrink, Epe
• Albert Meester, Tjalleberd († 1939)
• Andries Cornelis Rensink, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Erk, Zundert, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Maria van der Linden, Houten († 1904)
• Antonius Joannes Bredewold, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1915)
• Alberdina Sibilla Pruijn, Elden († 1953)
• Albert Roelofs Meester, Tjalleberd († 1939)
• Alphons Hubert Ortmans, wijlre († 1938)

• Bene Pieters Wierenga, Warfhuizen, gem. Leens, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Helders (42), Amsterdam
• Adriana Koster (2), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abigail Sill (93), Galesburg, Ill
• Antje van de Vorst (55), Haarlem
• Anna Elisabeth Hanssen (59), Grevenbicht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aaltje van de Werfhorst (12), Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Goedhuis (72), Groningen
• Hindrika Johanna Van Wijhe (45), Nordhorn
• Bakx (0), Oosterhout

• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)
• 1854 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator († 1924)
• 1855 » Francis Bellamy, American minister and author († 1931)
• 1862 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy († 1948)
• 1867 » Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist († 1941)
• 1868 » Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
• 1869 » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress († 1937)
• 1871 » Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower († 1922)

• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)
• 1853 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)

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 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
• December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

The temperature on May 18, 1860 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.