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• Antonetta Johanna Slokkers, Nieuw-Vossemeer († 1942)
• Anthonius Cornelis Weve, Wijchen,Gemeente Wijchen,Gelderland,Netherlands,kasteel Balgoy († 1922)
• - Levenloos Jongen - van Laar, Epe-Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1860)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Makkee, Utrecht († 1925)
• Anthonia STIP, Veenendaal NEDERLAND († 1898)
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Hubertina Cornelis, Maasniel, Gemeente Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonie Staal, Hilversum († 1860)
• Adèle Tilkin, Kortessem († 1932)
• Antonia Duizendstra, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roefs, Deursen-Dennenburg, 5371, Nederland († 1937)

• Adriaan Noordhoek (62), Colijnsplaat (62jr)
• Angeniet van Berkel (86), Oudewater
• Aswerus Nicolaas Ketelaar (79), Amsterdam
• Solleveld (0), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Bieke Egberts (Biekke) Haukema (Houkes) (79), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Noordhoek (62), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Betje van der Geest (6), Schiermonnikoog, Provincie Friesland
• Keus, scheveningen
• Anna den Hoedt (26), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Dirks Reitsma (25)

• 1823 » John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor († 1895)
• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)
• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)

• 1814 » Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
• 1829 » Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)

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 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• 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.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• 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 May 29, 1860 was about 10.0 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.