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• Andries Koster, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertina Francina Eman, Bandjarmasin, Zuid-Kalimantan, Indonesie († 1936)
• Anna OOSTVEEN, Utrecht († 1860)
• Anna Maria van Mill, Uden († 1913)
• Albert FREY, Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1862)
• Adrianus van den Brand, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1946)
• Aart Bax, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1890)
• Anna Hendrika Franciscusd Dukelo, Zuilen, ut.nld († 1916)
• Angelina Van Bael, Aarschot († 1941)
• Aaltje Cornelis Cupido, Terschelling

• Arij Baas (59), Oudekerk aan de Ijssel
• Anna Gertrud ENGELS ENGELEN (43), Vaals (NL/LI)
• Huijbregts (49), Etten-Leur
• Arie Baas (59), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2935, Nederland
• EISING (0), Ees (Borger), Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Baas (59), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarjen Balder (32), Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gerhardina Aleida Tjeenk Willink (1), Borculo (gem. Berkelland)
• Anna Gertrudis Engelen (43), Vaals
• Aarjen Balder (32), Broek op Langedijk, province of Noord-Holland

• 1842 » Maurice Rouvier, French businessman and politician, 53rd Prime Minister of France († 1911)
• 1849 » William R. Day, American jurist and politician, 36th United States Secretary of State († 1923)
• 1852 » Cap Anson, American baseball player and manager († 1922)
• 1863 » Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1865 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus († 1939)
• 1866 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic († 1927)
• 1875 » Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War († 1941)
• 1877 » Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat († 1949)
• 1878 » Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player († 1942)
• 1878 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman († 1961)

• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)

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.
• March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
• December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

The temperature on April 17, 1860 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.