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• van Dijk, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1861)
• Anna Maria Bock, Bardenberg (DL
• Antje van Welij, Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL) († 1917)
• Anna Rosaliena Hoff, N.I. Gawar Bojolali († 1903)
• , Blankenberge († 1862)
• Anna Elisabeth Rombouts, Eersel, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Antonia Jaspers, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1861)
• Aloysius HENDRYCKX, Esen
• Affa Etta White († 1935)
• Antje ( Anna) PelL, Stroobos (Grootegast ) († 1960)

• Anna Helena Dinger (38)
• Aleida REIMES (64), Lintelo, Aalten, Gelderland, NL
• Akke de Boer (68), IJsbrechtum, Súdwest-Fryslán, Friesland, Nederland
• Bartolomeus Verstraate (35), Westkapelle
• Antoine Joseph QUENON (45), Paturages,7340,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Adriaan Liplijn (0), Goes, Nederland
• Abalona Yeager (86), Holt, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Kanters (73), Standdaartbuiten
• Bennet Jacobs (78), Sigourney, Iowa
• Bronne Jacobs de Haan (73), Scholthuizen, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1842 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy († 1928)
• 1844 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
• 1854 » William Alexander Smith, Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade († 1914)
• 1858 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania († 1935)
• 1858 » Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan († 1936)
• 1858 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1865 » Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic († 1958)
• 1868 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland († 1928)
• 1877 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire († 1943)
• 1877 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic († 1949)

• 1789 » John Cook, American farmer and politician, 6th Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
• 1812 » Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
• 1816 » Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1761)
• 1880 » Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Mary

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
• May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
• July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
• December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

The temperature on October 27, 1861 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.