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• Anje Harkes Klinker, Lettelbert, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltje Punter, Steggerda († 1922)
• Alida (Aaltje) de Rooij, Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1928)
• Acy L. Green, North Carolina († 1928)
• Adriana de Groot, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1912)
• Anje Klinker, Lettelbert gem Leek († 1938)
• Anje Klinker, Lettelbert, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltje Dolstra, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1948)
• Adriana Bosch, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Barbara van Sloun, Born, Limburg, Nederland

• Berend Kuiper (21), Uithuizen
• André Isaak Warnaars (12), Beuningen, Losser
• Anna Maria Pothuizen (70), Schalkwijk
• Albertus Gemser (37), Franeker
• André Isaac Warnaars (12), Beuningen (Overijssel)
• Aagje Fransdr Voogt (76), Pernis
• Berend Johannes KUIPER (21), Uithuizen, Hefshuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Lucas van den Brink (54), Nieuwveen
• Aaltje Davelaar (16), Ede
• Aagje Voogt (76), , Pernis, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1845 » Gustaf Cederström, Swedish painter († 1933)
• 1851 » Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer and author († 1928)
• 1851 » José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican soldier and poet († 1880)
• 1852 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic († 1939)
• 1856 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician († 1937)
• 1863 » Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer († 1895)
• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)

• 1814 » Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
• September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.

The temperature on April 12, 1860 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.