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• Antje Piers Hoogland
• Anna Catharina Goldschmitz, Roerdalen, Melick, LI, 6074, NL
• Antonie van den Berg, Utrecht († 1933)
• Alexandra Alexandrovna Vasiltchikova, St. Petersburg († 1927)
• Anna Catharina Countess Von Bijlandt, The Hague, S-Hlln, Nthr († 1915)
• Arie de Reus, Den Helder († 1938)
• Adriaan van Hoof, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien Ketelaar, Stadskanaal († 1908)
• Andrew Glassell Patton, city, Virginia, United States († 1912)
• Aaltje Harmens Krijnen, Blaricum († 1917)

• Aaltje Scholtmeijer (39), Erm (Sleen)
• Adriaantje KIEVIT (54), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Scholtmeijer (39), Erm, Nederland
• Anna Frederika Vreeburg (0), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Geest (51), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• arnoldus paridans (0), tilburg, Netherlands
• Adriana van der Meer (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Scholtmeijer (39), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jacob (Japik) Bontje (75), Zoeterwoude
• Anna Willemina aan den Dijk (40), Diepenveen {OV}, Riele

• 1838 » Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota († 1900)
• 1838 » Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1901)
• 1840 » Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author († 1913)
• 1850 » Max Delbrück, German chemist and academic († 1919)
• 1857 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general († 1935)
• 1858 » Gustaf V of Sweden († 1950)
• 1863 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat († 1939)
• 1866 » Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan († 1935)
• 1874 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada († 1960)
• 1880 » Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author († 1963)

• 1849 » Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
• 1850 » William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)
• 1858 » John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)
• 1862 » Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
• 1869 » Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
• 1872 » Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
• 1878 » Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1878 » Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
• 1881 » Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)

• 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 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• 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 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
• 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 June 16, 1860 was about 20.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 36%.