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• Antje Oortwijn, Uitgeest († 1936)
• Adriana Romeijn, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• Antonie MILLECAM, Utrecht († 1947)
• Barend Degener, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Antonie Millecam, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1947)
• arie de REUS, numansdorp († 1936)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Carolina Vroom, Deventer († 1860)
• Arend van Olst, Heerde (buurtschap Markluiden) († 1862)
• Assomption (Maria de la Ascunsion) SEMPERE, Mostaganem
• Anne Marie NEY, Betting, 57073, Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1923)

• Arij Luijendijk (52), Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arij Jansz Luijendijk (52), Abbenbroek, 3216, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Pluijm (1), Rotterdam
• Aafke Jans Schuur (61), Midwolda
• Aaltje SCHOON (13), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Lendfers (2), Holtum-Born, Nederland
• Anna Christina Saueressig (19), Rotterdam
• Anna Julianne Henriette Ulrike, Princess Of Saxe-Coburg-Saal. (78), Elfenau, Bern, Bern, Switzerland
• Adriana Bierens (20), Eersel
• Arie van der Burg (66), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1856 » Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist († 1915)
• 1857 » Albert Ballin, German businessman († 1918)
• 1858 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet († 1924)
• 1859 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager († 1931)
• 1860 » Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States († 1924)
• 1863 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer († 1945)
• 1865 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki († 1926)
• 1866 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer († 1945)
• 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)

• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)

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.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• 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.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• 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 August 15, 1860 was about 18.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.