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• Adriana Gijsberta Wolders († 1924)
• Adelaida Louisa Slock, Sas van Gent, Nederland († 1860)
• Adam Dirks Meerstra, Wier, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1941)
• Alida Barzilaij, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan HUIJBREGTS, Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Albertus Altink, Rijssen († 1860)
• Aaltje Boerma, Garnwerd, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
• Alje Brouwer, Uithuizermeeden († 1876)
• Adriana Saris, Best (Best) (Noord-Brabant) († 1933)
• Adrianus Jacobus Veldhuis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1914)

• Adrianus Dingemans (78), Steenbergen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Steenhof (7), Driebergen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Andries Piers Wassenaar (28), Welsrijp, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Rijcken (42), Nijmegen
• Alida Blokland (7), Hardinxveld
• Alida Blokland (7), Hardinxveld-Giessendam ZH NL
• Aartje Biesheuvel (78), De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Land van Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Kleinlugtenbeld (5), Lemele, gemeente Ommen
• Albert (1) Brunsting (0), Beilen
• Adrianus Nowe‚ (2), Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1841 » Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor († 1929)
• 1855 » Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna († 1908)
• 1859 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)

• 1799 » Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (b. 1733)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)

• 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 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• 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.

The temperature on February 19, 1860 was about 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.