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• Bostelmann, Tostedt, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Geerts, Rijsbergen († 1913)
• Adrianus Geerts, Rijsbergen, Nederland († 1913)
• Anna Catharina Starmans, Kerkrade (L
• Adriaan Frederik Trouerbach, Makassar (Ned. Indië)
• Bernard Heinrich Fenslage, Deldorf, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1939)
• Bernardus Lensink, Aalten († 1912)
• Alberta Victoria Coon, Norwich Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada († 1946)
• Abraham Altevogt, Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Antoinetta Louise Pieloor, Makassar, Indonesië († 1888)

• Anna Petronella barones van Heeckeren van Brandsenburg (41), h. Molewijk, Oostkapelle (Zld)
• Anna Sagius (72), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Mosesz Hoek (74), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaïde Rosalie Joseph DURANT (37), Anzin... Hauts de France
• Anna Maria Pals (61), Eindhout 2430(Belgie)
• Alois Joseph Görtzen (2), Kerkrade (L
• (1) Teunis Hofland (54), Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Maria Geertruijda PELTMAN, Utrecht
• Age Cornelis Koster (68), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana den Outer (7), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1855 » Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright († 1934)
• 1861 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta († 1940)
• 1863 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor († 1938)
• 1868 » Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic († 1956)
• 1870 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge († 1938)
• 1870 » Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa († 1950)
• 1874 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine († 1878)
• 1875 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1961)
• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)

• 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)

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.
• January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
• 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.
• December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

The temperature on May 24, 1860 was about 16.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.