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• Beerd Le Poire, Doornspijk (Elburg), Gld, NL
• Beerd Le Poire, Doornspijk († 1930)
• Aaltje Mekkes, Oosterhesselen, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Anne Marie Joséphine FROTEY, Gray-la-Ville, 70280, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• Asseltje Hekkema, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1860)
• Anna Maria Katharina Rolf, Hancock Township († 1920)
• Augustine Caroline Maria van Ursel, Brussel († 1874)
• Aukje Jans Kuipers, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arie Kok, Langerak (gem. Doetichem, Gelderland)
• Albartus Ronke, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1929)

• Arie Roubos (26), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna M. van der Haagen (0), Alkmaar
• Albertina Patté (66), Moortsele
• Aletta Eppes Adams (70), Bellingswolde
• Dorothea van Kappel (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Aaltje de Roo (0), Middelburg
• bastiana fiool (65), delft (zuid holland)
• Antje Vos (0), Zwolle, Ov, Nederland
• Adriana Pieternella Klap (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bregje Nierop, Hensbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1845 » André Bessette, Canadian saint († 1937)
• 1847 » Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain († 1876)
• 1848 » Alfred David Benjamin, Australian-born businessman and philanthropist. († 1900)
• 1861 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic († 1942)
• 1867 » Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist († 1920)
• 1872 » Archduke Joseph August of Austria († 1962)
• 1874 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1947)
• 1875 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1959)
• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)

• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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.
• 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.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
• December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
• 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 9, 1860 was about 12.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.