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• Antonie de Groot, Bleiswijk
• Barteld FOLKENS, Nederland († 1940)
• Bareld Fokkens, Eenrum, Westernieland († 1940)
• Antje Verhoeff, Zoetermeer, Nederland († 1947)
• Aloisia Ristel, Wienerdbergstraße 162
• Anna Maria Louise Wenders, Vaals, Nederland († 1904)
• Annigjen Dieters, Brucht († 1862)
• Adrianus van Harmelen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• Antje Arends Verhoeff, Zoetermeer († 1947)
• Aloys KLEIBER, Hirsingue (68560, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1923)

• Arnoldus Antonius Kemps (60), Lith,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoites Prins (71), Westdongeradeel
• Aart Muddij-Mudde (23), Lekkerkerk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Tjallings de Boer (72), Oenkerk, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verbeet (55), Beek (Ubbergen)
• Adrianus Vermeulen (86), Hillegersberg
• Anna Theresia Bonvarlez (81), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Antje Tjallings Boer de . (73), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoites Prins (70), Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Albers (55), Nijmegen

• 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)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• 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).
• The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
• February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
• March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
• March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).

The temperature on April 27, 1860 was about 8.5 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.