About the day » Tuesday January 3, 1860Calender converter

• Abram Leendert Bot, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Aaltje Peetoom, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Agatha Ursem, Cleveland
• Annie Alder Aitken, Deloraine, Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australie († 1933)
• Adriana Neeltje Verhoef, lexmond († 1931)
• Anna Hermina Westerhof, Zwartsluis († 1940)
• Dijker, Kollumerland († 1860)
• Aaltje PEETOOM, Zaandijk († 1947)
• Aaltje Alberts Hansman, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1867)
• Aaltje Profijt, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1892)

• Bluekens Cornelius (1), Baarle-Hertog, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Maasland (22), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth KRAEHENBUEHL (7)
• Aaltje Huiberts Ferne (Vernee) (67), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Jans (72), De Waarden, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Alijda Mentink (36), Doetinchem Stad
• Antonia Elisabeth Van Vloten (66)
• Aletta Vollegraaf (74), Rotterdam
• Antonia Elisabeth Beeckman (66), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Arie Vendrik (69), Breukelen-Nijenrode

• 1847 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician († 1935)
• 1853 » Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer († 1921)
• 1855 » Hubert Bland, English businessman († 1914)
• 1861 » Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player († 1899)
• 1861 » William Renshaw, English tennis player († 1904)
• 1862 » Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland († 1939)
• 1865 » Henry Lytton, English actor († 1936)
• 1870 » Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author († 1946)
• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)

• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)

• 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.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• 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.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
• 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 January 3, 1860 was about 6.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.