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• Anna Catharina Dorothea CLAUSSEN, Wulfen/Fehmarn (DE)
• Ter Horst, Weerselo († 1861)
• Affaette E McLain, Iowa, United States († 1935)
• Antje Sybrens van der Veer, Benedenknijpe, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Roossaliena Hoff, Soerakarta,Centraal Java,Indonesi√´ († 1903)
• Aaltje Johanna RIDDERHOF, Delft († 1862)
• Moojen, Soerabaja († 1861)
• Abram S Brinkman, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1891)
• Anna Maria STEEGMANS, Diepenbeek, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1926)
• Achille Anton Coenraad Steinfort, Bandung, Indonesië († 1893)

• Aagje ALEWIJN (31), Aarlanderveen
• Anna Helena Dinger (38)
• Adriaan Joachimsz Veenhuijsen (62), Egmond aan de Hoef (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Bartolomeus Verstraate (35), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Kornelis Hofstee (33), Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Reimes (64), Lintelo, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Akke de Boer (68), IJsbrechtum, Súdwest-Fryslán, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Joris (41), Opvelp
• Boele Jans Oosterdijk (86), Wolvega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Verbeek (17), Westenwoud (Steenwijkerwold)

• 1842 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy († 1928)
• 1844 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
• 1854 » William Alexander Smith, Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade († 1914)
• 1858 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania († 1935)
• 1858 » Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan († 1936)
• 1858 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1865 » Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic († 1958)
• 1868 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland († 1928)
• 1877 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire († 1943)
• 1877 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic († 1949)

• 1789 » John Cook, American farmer and politician, 6th Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
• 1812 » Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
• 1816 » Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1761)
• 1880 » Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)

• 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 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
• April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
• April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• 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.

The temperature on October 27, 1861 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.