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• Anna Antonia, Breda
• Anna Cornelia de Beer, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Aafje Tros, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Aafje Kalkman, Schiedam († 1862)
• Abraham Kerssen, Schiedam († 1947)
• Albartus Gerhardus Wijers, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Albert van Vloten, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana van Broekhoven, Helvoirt (N.Br) († 1936)
• Age Kalsbeek, Warga, gem. Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• Anna Antonia Breugel van, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Baltus Crauijs (99), Westbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bontien Alles [Van Wijk] (86), Haulerwijk
• Aleida Maria Sonneveld (1), Didam
• Brand Jansen Teunissen (49), Otterlo
• Arie Vingerling (0), Gouda, Nederland
• Adriana Vreem (63), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bontje van Wijk (86), Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Renders (48), Poppel (B)
• Adriana van Laarhoven (15), Udenhout
• Adriaan Cornelis Bakker (0), Wissenkerke,, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1844 » Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor († 1908)
• 1846 » Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist († 1888)
• 1853 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1858 » Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1923)
• 1858 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician († 1927)
• 1859 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1916)
• 1861 » Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor († 1947)
• 1866 » Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1927)
• 1870 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician († 1958)
• 1875 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney († 1971)

• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)

• 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 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
• September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
• October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.

The temperature on September 16, 1860 was about 12.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.