About the day » Saturday July 27, 1861Calender converter

• Alexander Hermsen, Driel, Heteren, GL, Nederland († 1902)
• Annigje Thalen, Krakeel (Hoogeveen), Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Cardinaal, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Johannes Cornel, Raamsdonkveer
• beuker, annerveenschekanaal, gem. anloo
• Anna Mechtildus Cauwenberg, Leende († 1861)
• Anna Christina Fontijn, amsterdam († 1861)
• Aloys Bücker, Lintern († 1943)
• Anna Diebold, New Hamburg, Scott, Missouri, United States († 1944)
• Aaltje Schut, Essen († 1861)

• Anna Maria EMMERS (59), Hamont-Achel,3930,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Cornelis Sijmensz Jongejeugd (62), Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Wester (0), Obdam
• Cornelia Vogelpoel (38), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Huberta van Gerven (0), Venray
• Cornelius Adriaans Josephs (66), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Alberta van Ark (0), Heerde
• Arend BEEKHUIJS (41), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Roelen (1), Klundert, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Kooman (53), Middelburg

• 1853 » Elizabeth Plankinton, American philanthropist († 1923)
• 1853 » Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist († 1921)
• 1854 » Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan († 1936)
• 1857 » Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (d.1934)
• 1857 » José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician († 1921)
• 1858 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer († 1938)
• 1866 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal († 1929)
• 1867 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer († 1916)
• 1870 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian († 1953)
• 1872 » Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. († 1942)

• 1841 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
• 1844 » John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
• 1863 » William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1865 » Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1875 » Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
• 1876 » Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)
• 1916 » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
• 1916 » William Jonas, English footballer († 1890)
• 1917 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

The temperature on July 27, 1861 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.