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• Antonius van den Berg, Princenhage († 1925)
• Andries Jansz Zwaan, Zwaag († 1941)
• Adolphus Hubertus Cap, Kieldrecht
• Afiena van der Wal, Stadskanaal (Wildervank) († 1948)
• Arris Schaap, Katwijk († 1896)
• Arnolda Henskens, Vlijmen († 1865)
• Ann Maria Harris, Creadley,Hereford, England († 1939)
• Alida van Luipen, Maassluis († 1867)
• Arris Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
• Adriana Pruijmers, Breda († 1941)

• anna maria elisabeth barends bonting (49)
• Anna Lubberta Penning (87), Amersfoort
• Abraham Antonie Berdenis van Berlekom (0), Middelburg
• Aaltje Everts (33), Achterom (Hoogeveen)
• Arien Bruin (10), Sint Maarten
• Anna Catharina Loos (74), Valkenswaard
• Anthonia Cornelis' Koenekoop (60), Oegstgeest
• Anton Everwyn Ackermann (42), Emsbüren
• Alijda de Geest (43), De Bilt
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Barendse BONTING (49), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1853 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist († 1919)
• 1853 » Sarada Devi, Indian mystic and philosopher († 1920)
• 1853 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1917)
• 1856 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1858 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator († 1924)
• 1862 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager († 1956)
• 1865 » Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player († 1945)
• 1868 » Jaan Tõnisson, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)
• 1869 » Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic († 1931)
• 1869 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright († 1935)

• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)

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 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.
• 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.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.

The temperature on December 22, 1860 was about -2.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.