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• Ane Kuypers, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1928)
• Aart de Vries, Elburg († 1915)
• Aard de Vries, Elburg († 1915)
• Ane Kuipers, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1928)
• Ada Adelaid Bennett, Doniphan, Kansas, United States († 1943)
• Antonie Nettenbreijers, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Frans Goovaerts, Lier, België
• Albert Edward TALBOT, England († 1867)
• Adelheid Caspers, Neusustrum, Duitsland († 1932)
• "Albert" Eugène Joseph Ghislain Desmaisières, Bruxelles († 1906)

• Alexis Michel (26), Zétrud-Lumay
• Albert Koerts Smink (52), Oosterzee, NL
• Albert Jannes MUNTING (21), Bedum Groningen Netherlands
• Christiaan Petrus Frijthof, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Angenita Wilhelmina Fiet (21), Ellecom (Rheden)
• Aagje de Vries (76), Alkmaar, prov. Noord Holland
• Adriaantje Schuitemaker (38), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Haverkamp (52), Heerde (buurtschap 't Zuppelt)
• Bieuwke Cornelis Horringa (58), Rasquert
• (0), Utrecht

• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)
• 1865 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1866 » Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1937)
• 1868 » August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi († 1951)
• 1868 » Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines († 1914)
• 1872 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator († 1958)
• 1874 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager († 1942)
• 1875 » Aleister Crowley, English magician and author († 1947)

• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)

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.
• February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
• April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
• May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on October 12, 1860 was about 8.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.