About the day » Monday July 2, 1860Calender converter

• Amos DENNIS, Upper Gravenhurst, Ampthill. Bedfordshire († 1861)
• Benard Hendrik Froger, Amsterdam
• Catharina Hanegraaff († 1907)
• Andries de Haas, Buren, Gelderland, NL († 1864)
• Berend Bruggeman, Wijhe († 1925)
• Catharina Willemsdr Pot, Zwolle
• Aaltien Brunink, Roswinkel, Emmen († 1950)
• Bernard Hendrik Froger, Amsterdam
• Cecilia Elizabeth Jacoba PRETORIUS
• (Doodgeboren) van Tatenhove, Terneuzen, Zeeuws Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1860)

• Atttje Josephs Zalmstra (68), Warns
• Christiaan Stephanus Legeer (72), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• van Tatenhove, Terneuzen
• Atje~Jozephs Zalmstra (1845), Himmelumer Aldefurt en Noardwâlde
• Ditje Ekkes Tillema (43), Noordhorn, Zuidhorn
• Christiaan Stephanus Legeer (72), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Daggelders (1), Giessen
• Antje Jongeneel (1), Reeuwijk, 2811, Nederland
• Dietje Ekkes Tillema (43), Noordhorn (gem. Zuidhorn)
• Cornelis Douwe PETRAEUS (0), Franeker (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands

• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)
• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

• 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.
• April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

The temperature on July 2, 1860 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.