About the day » Tuesday August 7, 1860Calender converter

• Alida Cornelia Elekint, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Angela Hilling, Kathen, Lathen
• Alice I. Cheek Jones [K 012], Maury County, Tennessee ql († 1956)
• Adrianus d' Hont, Hontenisse,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1936)
• Aagje Spruijt, Vinkeveen en Waverveen,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1932)
• Albert Winters, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberta POTMEER, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1862)
• Anna Maria Wils, Zeelst († 1906)
• Adriana Maria Kruijssen, Tilburg († 1937)
• Angelina Hopmans, Gheel

• Baukje Hendriks van der Wal (88), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Frencken (22), Sint Odiliënberg,, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Koster (4)
• Adrianus Claessen (71), Tilburg
• Adriana Noordzij (25), Charlois
• Arij de Winter (47), Rockanje, Nederland
• Annemarie Vergoossen (6), Echt,Gemeente Echt-Susteren,Limburg,Nederland
• Arij de Winter (47), Rockanje
• Adriana Noordzij (25), Charlois
• Barbara Frencken (22), Sint Odiliënberg

• 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)

• 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 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• 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%.