About the day » Saturday December 27, 1862Calender converter

• Adriaan Beerens, Knegsel († 1864)
• Anna Maria Hendrika van Run, Nijmegen († 1929)
• * Martina Steenbakkers, Schijndel († 1907)
• van der Caaij, de Lier († 1862)
• Adrianus KLEINENDORST, Sint Anthoniepolder, gemeente Maasdam († 1928)
• Deinum, Nijland, Friesland, Nederland († 1862)
• Alfred Joseph Gillain DUBAY, Saint-Martin, 92107, Namur, Belgique
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina van der Boog, Leiden († 1879)
• Aart Hofstede, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1931)
• Aaltje Vlot, Haastrecht, Gemeente Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)

• Alexander Jan Joseph van der Voo (33), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Antje van Zanten (49), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia de Goeij (6), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Goedhart (54), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Antonia Hospel (42), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Pelt (3), Tilburg
• Aagje Jacobs BROMMER (78), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Vonk (67), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Inthouedt (62), Culemborg
• Anna Goedhart, Vinkeveen

• 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)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)

• 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. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Klaas
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Aaltje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Trijntje
14. Neeltje
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 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
• June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
• August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.

The temperature on December 27, 1862 was about 6.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.