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• Akke Klazes de Boer, Wolsum, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriana van Schai(c)k, Milsbeek, Limburg, Netherlands († 1937)
• Anna Margaretha Dekkers, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1933)
• Anna Jacomina Pannekoek, Voorst († 1916)
• Alida van Sante, Haarlem († 1928)
• Albertus Arens, Groesbeek († 1909)
• Adolfina Cândida da Motta Amaral, Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brasil († 1940)
• Anna Catalina Timmerman, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert Feldmann Mallinckrodt, Augusta, St Charles, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1933)
• Adriana Margje Bouter, Stolwijk († 1944)

• Adrianus Commandeur (72), Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Willems Sijpkens (66), Westerlee, GR, Nederland
• Barbara Debackere (42), Hooglede,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Angelica (Engeltje) Henneman (42), Heemskerk (Noord-Holland NL)
• Arie Cornelisze Punt (61), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Aaltje Jans de Vries (52), Dedemsvaart, Ambt Hardenberg
• Adrianus SEGERS (33), Beersel,1650,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arien Commandeur (72), Wervershoof
• Blanchard Gwynn LENOIR*** (18), Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States of America
• Anna Digna Charlotta Maria de Beaufort (11), Leusden, U, The Netherlands

• 1844 » Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor († 1930)
• 1850 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet († 1893)
• 1860 » Louis Wain, English artist († 1939)
• 1862 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities († 1890)
• 1866 » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic († 1923)
• 1866 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer († 1917)
• 1868 » Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer († 1924)
• 1872 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation († 1917)
• 1874 » Horace Rawlins, English golfer († 1935)
• 1874 » Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic († 1948)

• 1799 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)

• 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 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
• December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

The temperature on August 5, 1860 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.