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• Aaltje de Bois, Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Adolf Kuhli, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1861)
• Anna Maria Hebbelmann, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aagje van Os, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Aagje van Os, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Kemmere, Waspik, Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1906)
• Agatha Bakker, Noordwijkerhout († 1944)
• Aagje Os, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1914)
• van Gelder, Schalsum († 1860)
• Anna NOORDZIJ, Rotterdam († 1941)

• Anna Cornelia Konings (33), Rucphen-Noord Brabant
• Albert Kok (0), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Amélia van Houteghem (59), Kaster, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Catharina Coornaert (65), Lichtervelde,8810,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Charles S. STANIER STANYER (78), Tittensor, Stone, Staffordshire, England
• Stoker, wijnjeterp
• Arnoldus Vogels (0), Oerle
• Cornelia van Beek (51), Bennekom (Ede)
• Aaltje Alberts Klein (66), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Kok (0), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1849 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic († 1917)
• 1850 » Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian († 1909)
• 1854 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods († 1914)
• 1860 » Frank Eaton, American marshal and author († 1958)
• 1865 » Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman († 1912)
• 1869 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil († 1957)
• 1871 » Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer († 1941)
• 1873 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior († 1962)
• 1873 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1942)
• 1874 » Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic († 1936)

• 1803 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)

• 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.
• January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
• March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
• 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 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

The temperature on October 26, 1860 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.