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• Adriana Johanna van den Broeke, Middelburg († 1944)
• Adriana Ingelse, Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1889)
• Adrianus Petrus Cools, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
• Anna Maria Josephina van Rijckevorsel, 's Hertogenbosch († 1878)
• Aaltje van den Bosch, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1947)
• Anna Constantia Janssens, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Aafke Wiersema, Visvliet, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1928)
• Alberdina JONKER, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1928)
• Alberdina Jonker, Oldeneel gem. Zwolle Ov. Nederland († 1928)
• Anna Constantia JANSSENS, Lillo († 1941)

• Adriana van der Meijden (65), Eersel
• Andries Berkhof (58), Oosterhout
• Abner Gilman Thurber (63), Jamaica, Queens County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander Hamilton Posey (42)
• Aafje Ooteman (14), Lutjebroek 32
• Aart Struik (28), Culemborg (Gld), Nederland
• Andries Andreas Berkhof (58), Oosterhout
• Anna Maria Joosten (56), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
• Alphonse HERINCKX (1), Ukkel/Brussel (B) 1y5d
• Annechien (Annegien) TAKENS (66), Groningen, Nederland

• 1843 » Henry James, American novelist, short story writer, and critic († 1916)
• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)

• 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)

• 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.
• February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
• March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on April 15, 1860 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.