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• Antje Kokkelink, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1927)
• Anna Gieling, Medenblik
• Anna Louise Wilhelmina Pereira, Batavia († 1879)
• Alida den Besten, Nieuwpoort († 1871)
• Anna Harinck, Zierikzee († 1921)
• Alida Philippina Peeterse, Amsterdam († 1923)
• Anna Bergman († 1939)
• Aartje van Diest, Ermelo († 1875)
• Anna van de Loosdrecht, Veenendaal-Utrecht-Nederland († 1917)
• Jetsche Douwes Teernstra, Tims (Friesland) († 1941)

• Abraham van der Klooster (42), Sint Annaland
• Catharina Adiana Isabella Hans (60), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan van Dort (36), Den Haag
• Aartje van RANDWIJK (69), Dordrecht
• Catharina Adriana Isabella Hans (60), Breda
• Andreas Shoemaker (78), Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Arendina Brunnekreef (39), Deldeneresch, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anton Willem de Man (28)
• Albert Geerts
• Catharina Adriana Isabella Hans (60), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1851 » John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia († 1923)
• 1852 » Gojong of Korea († 1919)
• 1857 » Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany († 1936)
• 1863 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint († 1899)
• 1863 » W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer († 1943)
• 1867 » Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader († 1953)
• 1869 » José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup († 1913)
• 1871 » Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company († 1972)
• 1872 » James William McCarthy, American judge († 1939)

• 1784 » Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)
• 1811 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
• 1831 » John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)

• 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 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
• 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.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
• October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.

The temperature on September 8, 1860 was about 12.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.