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• Albert Blok, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1908)
• Adriaantje Dorsman, Middelharnis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• Abraham Kerssen, Schiedam († 1947)
• Andries van Rooijen, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1928)
• Aagje Scholtens, Koog aan de Zaan († 1927)
• Adriana van Vugt, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Aartje de Bree, Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje Scholtens, koog aan de zaan († 1927)
• Ann Elizabeth Elliot, Missouri († 1893)
• Albert Blok, Egmond aan Zee († 1908)

• Breunisje Riksen van den Broek (62), Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Dekker (0), Den Burg, Texel
• Andreas Andrew Acker (61), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albertje Berends (71), Ane, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Hagreis (59), Woolde, Nederland
• Anna Garretdina Smeitink (23), Steenderen
• Arie van Gent (41), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid Holland
• Auke Jans Kuiper, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertje Berendsen (71), Ane (Gramsbergen)
• Aleida VAN HAL (0), 's Heerenberg, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1848 » Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist († 1931)
• 1849 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1865 » Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford († 1937)
• 1869 » Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer († 1935)
• 1870 » Christian X of Denmark († 1947)
• 1872 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer († 1945)
• 1873 » Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator († 1940)
• 1874 » Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist († 1940)
• 1875 » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer († 1959)
• 1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)

• 1800 » William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)
• 1802 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)

• 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 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
• 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 September 26, 1860 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.