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• Aag Wybrands, Hindeloopen († 1951)
• Adriana Steenwijk, Rotterdam
• Andrew James DeHay, St Johns Berkeley, Berkeley, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Agnes VAN CRAENENBROECK, Antwerpen,2000,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Aaltje Gorter, Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1917)
• Anna Maria Barbara Bisschops, Houthem (L († 1895)
• ?N Derynck, Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1860)
• Anna Helena Thevissen, Dilsen, Provincie Limburg, België
• * Janna (2) van Arnhem, Maurik, Gem. Buren, Gelderland, NL († 1862)
• Antonia BRANDENBURG, Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1932)

• * Arris Baars (7), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Wouterina NOORLANDER (0), Strijen
• Albertus van der Hoorn (1), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Anna Eekhoff (58), Franeker
• "Gerrigje" Eiberts Kruithof (59), Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Rensink (69), Almelo, Almelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Adriana van den Berg (0), Steenbergen
• Albertje Tuinier (34), Spijk, province of Groningen
• Anna Rensink (69), Almelo
• Adriaantje Berghout (0), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1850 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn († 1942)
• 1851 » Laza Lazarević, Serbian psychiatrist and neurologist († 1891)
• 1852 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout († 1903)
• 1852 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1853 » Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Jewish Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright († 1909)
• 1855 » Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic († 1942)
• 1857 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer († 1891)
• 1859 » Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

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.
• 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.
• 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 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.

The temperature on May 1, 1860 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 30%.