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• Alida Francisca Maria Beltz, Breda († 1860)
• Anna Helena Ostermann, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1861)
• Anna Helena Ostermann, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems) († 1861)
• Adriaan van Helmond, Alphen en Riel († 1876)
• Anna Maria Charlotta Karsch, Nijmegen (GL)
• Aloijsia Huberta Philomena Leenders, Nijmegen († 1917)
• Amelie Marie Wundt, Neckargemünd, Deutschland († 1942)
• Antje Heijmans, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Zandt, Afferden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• Alida Tactor, Vrijhoeve-Capelle

• Ann Parry (83), Llanerchymedd
• Albert Siemes (1), Hengelo-Woolde
• * Evert (1) van den Berg (11), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Freerks de Vries (49), Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Zuidhof (61), s Heerenhoek
• Adrianus Verdonk (38), Hoogeloon
• Aaltje Volkerink (6), Junne (Ambt Ommen)
• Anna Freerks de Vries (49), Winsum
• Albert Jan van den Belt (1), Epe {GE}
• Adriana van Dongen (54), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe

• 1840 » Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter († 1894)
• 1851 » Ismail Gasprinski, Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician († 1914)
• 1856 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer († 1915)
• 1856 » John Lavery, Irish painter († 1941)
• 1870 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general († 1964)
• 1874 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist († 1945)
• 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
• 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
• 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
• 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)

• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)

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.
• January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
• March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on March 20, 1860 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.