About the day » Wednesday May 23, 1860Calender converter

• Adriana Pieternella Burghoudt, 's Gravenhage († 1861)
• Anthoon Eijer, Jubbega, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• , Geffen († 1874)
• Ate Visser, Nes, Friesland, Nederland († 1892)
• Anna de Wit, Vlaardinger-Ambacht († 1861)
• Abraham Dool, Leiden († 1862)
• Anna Adelheid "Anna Aleida" Sulmann*, Hebelermeer (D) († 1922)
• Barbara Maria Snoep, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1860)
• Adriana Kathalintje de Vlieger, Zuidzande, Zeeland, NL († 1933)
• Adolphe Benoît Joseph CARON, Auchel,62260,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE

• Adriana de Wijs (80), Valkenswaard
• Biefke Luppes (75)
• Barteld Kort (21), Spijk (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Aaltien Sikken (50), Emmen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne HUNT (GORDON)
• de Waard, Colijnsplaat
• Sibbel (32)
• Aart Tolboom (47), Amersfoort
• Berbertje Martens Rinia (69), Franeker
• Adriana van Kesteren, Utrecht

• 1838 » Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter († 1932)
• 1840 » George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia († 1910)
• 1844 » `Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader († 1921)
• 1848 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer († 1896)
• 1855 » Isabella Ford, English author and activist († 1924)
• 1861 » József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter († 1927)
• 1863 » Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect († 1930)
• 1864 » William O'Connor, American fencer († 1939)
• 1865 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil († 1942)
• 1875 » Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist († 1966)

• 1813 » Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772)
• 1815 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)

• 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.
• April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
• 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.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).

The temperature on May 23, 1860 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.