About the day » Friday August 17, 1860Calender converter

• (m) Althaus, Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1860)
• Albert Veld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriana Ludowina Maarel, Rotterdam († 1895)
• Aaltje Vos, Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Erm
• Adrianus Augstinus Cools, Oevel (2260, Antwerpen)
• Andreas Nicolaas Balk, Enkhuizen
• Adrianus Augustinus Cools‏, Oevel, 2260, België († 1920)
• Oosterhuis, Garmerwolde, Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands († 1860)
• Adriana Ludevina van der Maarel, Rotterdam,- († 1895)
• Adrianus Verburg, Zuid-Waddinxveen

• Alberta Henderika Banning (0)
• Angeniesje Kroonenberg (30), Zegwaart, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Zeerijp (10)
• - Reith (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Veen (68), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Nederveld (28), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Dupont (34), Blerick
• Cornelis Adrianus van Gastel (3), Etten-Leur
• Dirk Meinesz (3), Sloten, Gaasterlan-Sleat, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Leeuwen (67), Leiden

• 1840 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist († 1922)
• 1845 » Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist († 1909)
• 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)
• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)

• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)

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.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• 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.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).

The temperature on August 17, 1860 was about 18.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.