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• Adriana Visser, Sliedrecht († 1861)
• Ana Francisca Rennó Cortez, São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1926)
• André Guilbaud, Montchevrier, 36126, France († 1945)
• Annigje Rietveld, Woerden († 1861)
• Akke Symons Visser, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• Aebe Rispens, Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1861)
• (m) Agel, Richstein, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Catharina Spittel, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Catharina Joanna Krook, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Albert te Waarlo, Linde-Vorden (Bronckhorst)

• Annetje van Oostveen (35), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arent Kuik (72), Meppen (Zweeloo)
• Arnoldus Cornelis van Erp (0), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Douwes Franssens (57), Saaksum (Gem. Oldehove), Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Jennes Holman (5), Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Alberdina Wilhelmina de Vries (2), Rotterdam
• Adriaan van der Braak, Esch, NL
• Albert Holman- (5), Leek, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Braak (38), Esch
• Arend Roelofs KUIK (72), Meppen,Germany

• 1853 » Frederick Corbett, British officer and Victoria Cross recipient († 1912)
• 1854 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company († 1929)
• 1857 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer († 1935)
• 1859 » Billy the Kid, American gunman († 1881)
• 1859 » Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic († 1942)
• 1859 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon († 1929)
• 1860 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician († 1934)
• 1864 » James Tancred, English admiral († 1943)
• 1864 » Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ukrainian writer († 1913)
• 1865 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria († 1932)

• 1836 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
• 1852 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President (1841) (b. 1797)
• 1858 » Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
• 1864 » Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
• 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
• 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)

• 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.
• May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
• December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

The temperature on September 17, 1860 was about 14.4 °C. The air pressure was 9.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.