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• Albert Hazenberg, Nuis gem. Marum († 1896)
• ? ? († 1861)
• Arnold Hoogmartens († 1951)
• Anna Maria 'Antje' Krijger, 's-Gravenzande († 1927)
• Antonie Coenraad Martinus Lagrouw († 1941)
• Aaltje Broekman, Havelte, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1863)
• Anna Maria 'Antje' de KRIJGER, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1927)
• Arie Dalemans, Willemstad († 1936)
• Afra Buisman, Blokker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Anna Gesina Krabbenbos, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1902)

• Albertien van Esch (28), Vries Tynaarlo Drenthe Nederland
• Catharina Daniels Appelo, Genemuiden
• Ardina Vugts (1), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betje Isa„cs (0), Vlaardingen
• Carolus Ludovicus Stalpaert (2), Gent, OVLD, Be
• Abel Venema (0), Oldehove
• Adalbert Frans Gustaaf Vrijheer van Adelsheim-Sennfeld (58), Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
• van den Akker, delft
• Anna Catharina Cuypers (73), Oostham 3945(Belgie)
• Aafje Aartdr Rep (46), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1851 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System († 1931)
• 1866 » Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist († 1930)
• 1870 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician († 1933)
• 1870 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian († 1958)
• 1870 » Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet († 1925)
• 1878 » C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India († 1972)
• 1882 » Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher († 1945)
• 1882 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1950)
• 1883 » Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic († 1973)

• 1831 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1850 » François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1850 » Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1865 » Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)

• 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.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• 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 December 10, 1860 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.