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• Abraham Getkate, Almelo († 1887)
• Anna Maria van Asseldonk, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Naaijkens, Tilburg († 1860)
• Anna Harkema, Hoogeveen, Nederland († 1938)
• Adolph Loewe, Wodzislaw Slaski, Slaskie, Poland
• Abraham de Brave, Amsterdam
• Anna Boss, Cosel, Schwepnitz, Dresden, Saxony, Germany († 1934)
• Anna Matilda Oikarinen, Hyrynsalmi, Oulun Laani, Finland († 1940)
• Adrianus Jacobus Verhooren, Schinveld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina van Vredenburch, 's Gravenhage († 1942)

• Anna van Vegchel (41), Venray
• Adriaantje Leenderts van der Schelde (80), Elkerzee
• Aaltjen Lubbigjen Post (0), Kampen
• Adriaantje Leenderse van de Schelde (80), Elkerzee
• Alwine Alberts (2), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• den Hartog (0), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Siegers Dantuma (84), Wouterswoude
• Anna Adriana de Graaff (57), Werkendam, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Abraham de Vries (9), Zaandam,Gemeente Zaanstad,North Holland,Netherlands
• Aleijda Wessel (58), Dalfsen, Nederland

• 1849 » Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic († 1925)
• 1850 » Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator († 1927)
• 1851 » Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic († 1901)
• 1854 » Charles Sumner Tainter, American engineer and inventor († 1940)
• 1862 » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1933)
• 1868 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer († 1910)
• 1871 » Lorne Currie, French-English sailor († 1926)
• 1872 » C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories († 1962)
• 1873 » Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1956)

• 1840 » Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)

• 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 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on April 25, 1860 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.