About the day » Thursday August 23, 1860Calender converter

• Albert Leurink, Vaassen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Leurink, Vaassen (Epe)
• * Hendrika Dings, Strijp († 1912)
• Adrianus Gerardus Gerittsen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana OOMEN, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Adolphus Dominicus Pieters, Meerdonk
• Albert Pieters Kaale, Terschelling († 1887)
• Alexander Falls, West Gwillimbury, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada († 1925)
• Alice Fletcher, New York City, New York, New York, United States († 1861)
• Adrien Lavanchy († 1936)

• antje smalbil (28), stadskanaal, gem.onstwedde
• Allen Holcombe (78)
• Anktje Derks Spoelstra (51), Visvliet
• Aafke Jelles De Vries (42), Leens, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafke Jelles de Vries (42), Leens, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
• Berlinde Josephine Van Sinay (11), Outer
• Adrianus de Lelij (32), Zutphen
• Anna Marguerita RUIJTEN (78), Maasbracht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Gerdersen (91), Noordeloos, Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bastiaantje REIJERKERK (0), Numansdorp

• 1849 » William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic († 1903)
• 1850 » John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia († 1929)
• 1852 » Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian († 1883)
• 1852 » Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia († 1913)
• 1852 » Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist († 1918)
• 1854 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1864 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1867 » Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic († 1948)
• 1868 » Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright († 1950)
• 1872 » Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra († 1957)

• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)

• 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.
• February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
• May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
• 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 August 23, 1860 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.