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Birthday March 27, 1861

• The temperature on March 27, 1861 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
• 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).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • 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 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
  • July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
  • November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
  • November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic († 1936)
• 1859 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer and footballer († 1927)
• 1860 » Frank Frost Abbott, American-Swiss scholar and academic († 1924)
• 1862 » Arturo Berutti, Argentinian composer († 1938)
• 1862 » Jelena Dimitrijević, Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polyglot († 1945)
• 1863 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited († 1933)