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• Ann Jane Kennedy, Dunsford, Ontario, Canada († 1921)
• Aleida van Rheemen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ale Pieters Stoelenga, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1917)
• Anje Meedema, Siddeburen († 1945)
• Aagje Vlam, Twisk († 1950)
• Alphonse Renaux († 1947)
• Albertus Zwerus, Vaassen {GE} (gem Epe) († 1944)
• Maas, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Schaaphok, Garmerwolde, Ten Boer († 1861)
• Ale Stoelenga, Sneek (Friesland) († 1917)

• Angenieta Eltjes Kremer (73), Muntendam
• Abraham van der Plaat (2), Vlaardingen
• (0), Empel, Nederland
• Adrianus Blansjaar (69), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Menu (61), Ossenisse, Nederland
• Albartus van de Wakker (0), Amersfoort
• Adriana Antonia Fens (0), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Tigchelaar (2), Tzum
• Adriana van den Heuvel (0), Werkendam
• Age Lammerts Lammertsma (67), Bolsward (FRL)

• 1836 » Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator († 1910)
• 1837 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet († 1885)
• 1842 » Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer († 1918)
• 1848 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1907)
• 1852 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1868 » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player († 1949)
• 1869 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist († 1946)
• 1874 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1955)
• 1877 » Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist († 1936)
• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)

• 1799 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
• 1810 » Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)

• 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.
• May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on February 24, 1860 was about -6.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.