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• ?? Hobus, Frederiksoord († 1861)
• Arends, Weerdinge (Emmen) († 1861)
• Adriaan Oosthoek, Alphen († 1862)
• Abraham Floris Bronsgeest, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1880)
• Alice Jane WILSON († 1864)
• Abraham Florus Bronsgeest, Leiden († 1880)
• Agatha Smeding, Franeker († 1883)
• Adriana Van Delst
• Alegonda van Leeuwen, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL († 1935)
• Agatha Johanna van Zuijlen, Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1926)

• Adriana van Riet (63), Son en Breugel
• Anthonie van Nierop (3), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Heumen (54), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Arij Jaspersz Van Der LINDEN (70), Barendrecht
• Antje Jelles Breuker (41), Sexbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje(n) Oosterbroek, Voorst-Nijbroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arij Laven (74), Rotterdam
• Arthur Kirkpatrick (69), Chester, SC
• Arends (0), Weerdinge (Emmen)
• Anna Maria Buchmüller (46)

• 1840 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator († 1911)
• 1848 » Otto of Bavaria († 1916)
• 1850 » Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician († 1921)
• 1853 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic († 1914)
• 1857 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1914)
• 1861 » William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian († 1948)
• 1866 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player († 1916)
• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)
• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)

• 1813 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)

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 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
• January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
• February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

The temperature on April 27, 1861 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.