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• Adriana Maria de NEIJS, Bergen Op Zoom (N. Br. Nl)
• Alida Johanna Koch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1933)
• Aldon Gaston Gustave VANHERSECKE, Eringhem... Hauts de France († 1862)
• Adrianus Gerardus Roest, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 1864)
• Alida Remmerswaal, Wassenaar
• Alice Somerville Marrow, Union Level, Mecklenburg County, Virginia († 1927)
• Aartje DE WILDE, Amersfoort
• Aagje Leeuw, Vollenhove, Stad († 1942)
• Aagje Leeuw, Vollenhove, Stad († 1942)
• Adriana Roos, Ridderkerk († 1899)

• Aletta Ligteringe (71), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Rutgers JONGEBLOED (73), Steenwijkerwold, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aletta Ligtering (72), Utrecht 1503
• Aletta Ligteringen (72), Utrecht, UTR, Nederland
• Adrianus Hanemaaijer (0), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Andries Rutgers (de Jonge) Jongebloed (73), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Christina de Leeuw (39), Kattendijke, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aart Stellenaar (53), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Andries Rutgers Jongbloed (73), Steenwijkerwold
• Antje Spaans (46), Castricum

• 1845 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist († 1888)
• 1846 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author († 1935)
• 1854 » Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet († 1888)
• 1860 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist († 1938)
• 1864 » Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist († 1958)
• 1867 » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator († 1911)
• 1875 » Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist († 1966)
• 1877 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager († 1952)
• 1879 » Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts († 1968)
• 1880 » Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1940)

• 1806 » Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749)
• 1818 » Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
• 1841 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
• 1857 » Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
• 1879 » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)

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.
• March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• 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.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
• December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

The temperature on October 28, 1860 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.