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• Adrianus Jacobus Veldhuis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus van Hulst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Verheyden, Bornem († 1860)
• Anetta Oostrom, Schoonhoven,2871,Krimpenerwaard,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Amelia Elisabeth Johanna VERPLOEG, Deil,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aimée Prudence HAILAUD, Janzé, 35150, France
• Angelina Houben, BoorsemCottem († 1931)
• Alfred John Cornish, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 1902)
• Boode, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• Albert Jacobs Flonk, Zevenhuizen († 1945)

• Albert Kuijn (38), renkum
• Adriana in't Veld (2), Dubbeldam
• Arnolda van Langenhuijsen (65), Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Commandeur (51), Venhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana in 't VELD (2), Dubbeldam
• Anne HIMMELBERGER (61), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Arie Bogaert (75), Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Keegel (47), Rotterdam
• Amelberga Francisca Maes (85), Nieuwkerken, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anthonij Dronkers Kerpel (32), Goes, ZL, Nederland

• 1842 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author († 1907)
• 1843 » Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer († 1919)
• 1846 » Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic († 1927)
• 1846 » Lord Charles Beresford, Irish admiral and politician († 1919)
• 1847 » Nabinchandra Sen, Bangladeshi poet and author († 1909)
• 1859 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France († 1943)
• 1867 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and public servant († 1957)
• 1868 » Prince Waldemar of Prussia († 1879)
• 1868 » William Allen White, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1869 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic († 1948)

• 1829 » Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
• 1837 » Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (b. 1799)
• 1854 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) (b. 1792)
• 1857 » David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)
• 1865 » Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
• 1887 » Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)

• 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 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
• 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.

The temperature on February 10, 1860 was about 2.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.