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• Amélie Jeanne Joséphine de la ROCHEFOUCAULD, Paris, Friesland, Nederland,, France († 1943)
• Anna Maria Laenen, Molenstede (Diest), Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1944)
• Aagje WALTMAN, Dubbeldam († 1861)
• Antje (Jan van der Laan) Kemper, Bellingwolde, GR, Netherlands († 1937)
• Albertus Marinus Brouwer, Utrecht {UT} († 1910)
• (w) Schmidt, Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1861)
• Annigje Booij, Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen) († 1916)
• Annigje Jans Booy, Hoogeveen († 1916)
• Antje Buhring, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje (Anna) Vanzoeren, Vriesland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1929)

• Antonetta SPIESSENS (9), Hingene-Nattenhaasdonk
• Adriana Elisabeth Poppelier (6), Waspik
• Aeltje Ridder, Overamstel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham de Vries (1), Nieuwendam
• Antje Stuijvenberg (70), Schiedam
• Adriana van Burg (1), Brouwershaven
• Allegonda van Wanrooij (42), Erp
• Albert Diks (51), Kampen
• Albertus Diks (51), Kampen
• Antje Klarenbeek (0), Utrecht

• 1850 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic († 1919)
• 1850 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author († 1904)
• 1862 » May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1938)
• 1865 » John Monash, Australian engineer and general († 1931)
• 1869 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist († 1940)
• 1869 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1869 » Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist († 1961)
• 1870 » Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist († 1947)
• 1872 » Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer († 1942)
• 1872 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright († 1906)

• 1827 » Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (b. 1754)
• 1829 » James Smithson, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1765)
• 1831 » Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1839 » Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
• 1844 » Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
• 1844 » Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)
• 1878 » Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (b. 1800)
• 1894 » Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)
• 1896 » John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)

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.
• February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on June 27, 1861 was about 21.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.