About the day » Wednesday July 18, 1860Calender converter

• Albert James VINEY, Morven, Tasmania, Australia († 1904)
• Anna Vos, Oss
• Arent Jan Aanstood, Beuseberg, gemeente Markelo († 1909)
• Ada Buzby Dare
• Anna Heeft, van der, Hof van Delft gem. Delft Zhl. Nederland († 1928)
• Adriana de Visser, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1865)
• Anna M. van der Haagen, Alkmaar († 1860)
• Agatha Harriet Martha Türing von Ferrier, ‘s-Heerenberg,Gemeente Montferland,Gelderland,Netherlands,huis Bergh
• Anna Cornelia Smakman, Velsen († 1933)
• Antoon Leendert Weber, Leeuwarden († 1909)

• Adrianus Franciscus van de Velde (36), Herselt, 2230, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriana van Heeringen (1), Vinkeveen
• Abraham Arons Dwinger (14), Leeuwarden
• Antje Baukes Kielstra (66), Twijzel,, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Broomans (80), Leiden
• Ann Waters Perry (59)
• Cornelis van den Berg (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Stegeman (68), Lettele, Overijssel, Nederland
• Charles Eugène CUVELIER (60), Loker,8958,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Aaltjen Stegeman (68), Ortele/ Lettele no 44

• 1843 » Virgil Earp, American marshal († 1905)
• 1845 » Tristan Corbière, French poet († 1875)
• 1848 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician († 1915)
• 1853 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1861 » Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree († 1923)
• 1864 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1937)
• 1867 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist († 1932)
• 1871 » Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)
• 1871 » Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer († 1946)
• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)

• 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)

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 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
• 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 July 18, 1860 was about 18.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.