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• Annie M. Lipstren, Duitsland († 1932)
• Anne Catharine Ricker, Westerburg (bij Oldenburg D) († 1922)
• Alberdina Jonge Vos, Hasselt
• Alberdina Jonge, Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Verresen, Kapellen († 1918)
• Anthony Hasler, Duitsland († 1937)
• Anna Maria Hoogaards, Heemstede († 1951)
• Anne Annes Visser, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van Bergeijk, Brandwijk († 1937)
• Alberdina Jonge Vos, Hasselt

• Aris Ruitenbeek (5), Putten
• Aaltjen Hilberts de Goede (68), Wanneperveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Besseling (0), Zwaag, North Holland, Netherlands
• Aris Ruitenbeek (5), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annegje Dekker (37), Hasselt, Nederland
• * ANNA ALIDA Kerkhoven (1), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Aafke Jans Kloeze (2), De Wijk, Drenthe, Netherlands(Koekange)
• Annigje Dekker (37), Hasselt
• Aaltje Besseling (0), Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Hilberts Aarts (68), Wanneperveen

• 1827 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria († 1900)
• 1832 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery († 1897)
• 1858 » Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile († 1930)
• 1863 » Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois († 1941)
• 1864 » Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)

• 1800 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
• 1812 » Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)

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 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• 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.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

The temperature on December 27, 1861 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.