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• Antje Wijker, Egmond aan Zee († 1946)
• * Angenieta Louisa Johanna de Roo, Delft († 1943)
• Annetje Engelsd Wijker, EaZ († 1946)
• Angenita Louisa Johanna de Roo, Delft († 1943)
• Antje Kamphorst, Apeldoorn († 1949)
• Albert Johan Paehlig, Sneek († 1915)
• Angenita Louisa Johanna de Roo, Delft,- († 1943)
• Aaltje Poppens, Leek († 1937)
• Andries Nijdam, Hoornsche Dijk (Haren) († 1930)
• Aaltje Poppens, Leek († 1937)

• Baukjen Huites de VRIES (29), Workum (Friesland, The Netherlands)
• Adriana de Haan (70), IJsselstein
• Arend BOS (0), wedde
• Aegeus Haitsma van der Meulen (44), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Baukjen Huites de Vries (29), Workum
• Adelheid Diedenhoven (38), Scheffenthum, Düsseldorf, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antje Adriaanse van Bezu (62), Hillegom
• Barbara Deceuninck (54), Klerken
• (Stillborn) BOUWMAN (0), Rasquert (Baflo) Groningen Netherlands
• Aegeus Haitsma van der Meulen (44), Franeker

• 1844 » William H. Illingworth, English-American photographer († 1893)
• 1847 » Susanna Rubinstein, Austrian psychologist († 1914)
• 1851 » Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic († 1929)
• 1853 » Chulalongkorn, Siamese king († 1910)
• 1861 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress († 1955)
• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)

• 1815 » Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and scholar (b. 1725)
• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)

• 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 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
• May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
• June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
• September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

The temperature on September 20, 1860 was about 13.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.