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• Antonia Joanna Maria de Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Geertruida Parent, Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL († 1910)
• Anna Maria GROEN, Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje Joannesdr Ploeger, Sint Pancras, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Addie C Stone Camp Oddie, Alabama († 1939)
• Adam Lindsay, Armagh Co († 1937)
• Akke Tietes Kouwenburg, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Sipkes Steegstra
• Aleida Wendelina Kwak, Wisch, Netherlands († 1931)
• Adriana Maria den Otter, Hof van Delft

• Aart van der Wulp (64), 's-Gravendeel en Leerambacht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bartolomeus Dezentjé (38), Djokjakarta
• Ann Harleston (63), Mobile, Alabama
• Anna Catharina van der Erve (38), Amsterdam
• Anna Geertruida (Geertje) Kinkel (18), Loenen
• Alexander Johannes Cornelis Mook (14), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Schopman (79), Merkelbeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aart Melisz van der Wulp (64), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• - Grooten (0), Avereest
• Adriaan Dekkers (0), Dongen

• 1846 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized († 1878)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)
• 1855 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company († 1932)
• 1864 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager († 1911)
• 1867 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece († 1922)
• 1871 » Frederick Converse, American composer and academic († 1940)
• 1874 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1876 » Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany († 1967)
• 1879 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic († 1946)
• 1880 » Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer († 1951)

• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)

• 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 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• 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.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.

The temperature on January 5, 1860 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.