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• Anna Martina Cornelis van der Poll, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland († 1919)
• Angelus Josephus De Wilde, Letterhoutem
• Adriana (Ria) Hazenberg, Sint-Michielsgestel, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1924)
• Holterman († 1926)
• Albertus Fredericus Anthonius van Barneveld, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1860)
• Allegonda de la Roij, Kessel
• Annetje Brouwer, Urk Flevoland Nederland († 1933)
• Steinvoort, Dieren († 1860)
• A. E. L. "Allic" DUCKWORTH († 1862)
• Grobben, Almelo († 1860)

• Aafke Cornelis Kornelis Salverda (77), Makkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart van Zanten (73), Vianen
• Aafke Cornelis (Kornelis) Bakker (77), Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Sophia ter Voort (71), Amsterdam
• Anthoni Kole (47), Wolphaartsdijk
• Andries Meijer (0), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Diephuis (49), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• André François LEGROS (80), Marquette-en-Ostrevant,59252,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Aart GOUDRIAAN (62), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Cornleis Bakker (77), Makkum, Littenseradeel

• 1844 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic († 1908)
• 1846 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader († 1904)
• 1848 » Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American architect and engineer († 1938)
• 1858 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine († 1913)
• 1862 » Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter († 1915)
• 1863 » William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York († 1941)
• 1869 » Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1940)
• 1870 » Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician († 1917)
• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)

• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)

• 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 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

The temperature on March 18, 1860 was about 8.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.