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• Albertus Meiling, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1863)
• Adrianus van Lieshout, Veghel († 1936)
• Aaltje ZEEMAN, Zijpe
• Adrianus van STRIEN, Raamsdonksveer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Van Delst
• Adriaan de Roos, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Christina Oosthoek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Adriana Margrieta Snoodijk, Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
• ?? Hobus, Frederiksoord († 1861)
• , Ferwerd, Friesland, Nederland († 1879)

• Albertus Huijsman (75), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur Kirkpatrick (69), Chester, SC
• * Hendrik Huibertsz de Ridder (61), Jaarsveld
• ?? Hobus (0), Frederiksoord
• Aaltjen Oosterbroek (83), Nijbroek (gem.Voorst)
• Aaltje Jans Zegeren
• Arij Jaspersz Van Der LINDEN (70), Barendrecht
• Albertus Huisman- (75), Bemmel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hendrickx (62), Balen, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe
• Aart van Wijk (20), Amersfoort

• 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)

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 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
• 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.
• August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
• November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

The temperature on April 27, 1861 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.