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• Alexandre Marie Catherine Dieudonnée, Wonck, Belgie
• Adriana Cornelia Hoornweg, Charlois, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Abele Brandenburg, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1860)
• Aaltien Bos, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1948)
• Aagje Spruijt, Vinkeveen en Waverveen,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1932)
• Alexander Holleboom, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Angela Hilling, Kathen, Lathen
• Alice I. Cheek Jones [K 012], Maury County, Tennessee ql († 1956)
• Alberta Potmeer, Hengelo († 1862)
• Alberta POTMEER, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1862)

• Adrianus Claessen (71), Tilburg
• Annigje Faaij (Taaij) (18), Hoenkoop
• Baukje Hendriks van der Wal (88), Leeuwarden
• Arij de Winter (47), Rockanje
• Anna Klara Eleonore Job (79), Felicjanow, Kolo, Wielkopolskie, Polen
• Barbera Frenken (22), Sint Odiliënberg
• Annemarie Vergoossen (6), Echt, Gemeente Echt-Susteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Berendina Bergink (30), Lonneker (Driene)
• Aart Jacobsz SCHUTTER (47), Klaaswaal
• Aart SCHUTTER (47), Klaaswaal

• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)

• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)

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 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• 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.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).

The temperature on August 7, 1860 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.