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• Antoni Bosch, Bergentheim († 1929)
• Aafje Hartholt (tweeling), Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf († 1930)
• Anna Catharina Schoubs, Munsterbilzen († 1865)
• Aaltje Hendriks THÜRKÖW, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriaan van Bloois, Dreischor († 1927)
• Kroon, Sliedrecht
• Arie Kamp, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Amanda Burns, Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1943)
• Aaltje Thürkow, Emmen († 1931)
• Alida Bakker, Ballum (gem. Ameland)

• ANDRIES KLEIN (84), KAMPEN
• Aaltje Aarts van de Hoek (van de Krol) (69), Wekerom (Ede)
• Antonetta Catharina Molenschot (38), Loon op Zand
• Arie de Kwaasteniet (1), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Alida Scholte (12), Oudeschans, Bellingwolde
• Andries Sol (46), Gasselte 16
• Anna Cecilia Huijdekoper Huidekoper (59), Oosterbeek (Renkum)
• Anna Alida, Anna Aleida Scholte (12), Bellingwolde-Bellingwedde(Gr)
• Aaltje Aartsen Aarts van de Krol (69), Wekerom (Ede), Nederland
• Apolonia Bakker (72)

• 1849 » John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware († 1926)
• 1849 » Pedro Montt, Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile († 1910)
• 1849 » Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire († 1915)
• 1858 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal († 1928)
• 1858 » Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician († 1932)
• 1861 » William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic († 1939)
• 1863 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1934)
• 1866 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer († 1939)
• 1868 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist († 1938)
• 1870 » Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director († 1926)

• 1831 » Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian minister and politician (b. 1757)
• 1840 » Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (b. 1775)
• 1852 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)
• 1853 » Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1855 » John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
• 1860 » Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793)
• 1861 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (b. 1806)
• 1873 » Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1875 » Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
• 1895 » Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)

• 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 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
• 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.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.

The temperature on June 29, 1860 was about 15.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.