About the day » Wednesday March 27, 1861Calender converter

• Albert Maywood Meacham, Bracken County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1927)
• Adriana Zuijderwijk, Monster († 1861)
• Aleida Jansen, Arnhem († 1907)
• Albert Joels van Raalte, Rotterdam
• , Westerbroek, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen (NL)
• Abraham (Abe) Drucker († 1926)
• Anna Elizabeth Hageman, Wissenkerke, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van de Toorens, Yerseke
• Agatha Petronella Wichers, Gouda († 1946)
• Anna Barbara Norberta Mutsaars, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)

• Antoni van der Schoot (0), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barend Wessels Drenth (47), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Barth Maurits Weeber (63)
• Anna Maria Bokern (72), Lohne, Vechta, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anthonie Simon Killestijn (2), Oudewater
• Amelie BEKS (75), Bohain-en-Vermandois (F)
• Berend Wessels Drenth (47), Onstwedde, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Antti Pekanpoika Mikkonen (68)
• Berend Wessels Drenth- (47), Onstwedde, Nederland
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• 1854 » Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist († 1925)
• 1855 » William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist († 1927)
• 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)
• 1866 » John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria († 1936)
• 1868 » Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator († 1946)

• 1848 » Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
• 1849 » Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
• 1850 » Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
• 1864 » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 » James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 » Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (b. 1803)
• 1875 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
• 1878 » George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 » Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 » John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)

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 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

The temperature on March 27, 1861 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.