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• Aloys Deruyter, Klerken († 1862)
• Anna Henrica Schoenmakers, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Aloys Bücker, Lintern († 1943)
• Annigje Thalen, Krakeel (Hoogeveen), Nederland
• Adolf Hartsuiker, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Tholen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
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• Aafke Moorman, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1921)
• Albertus Johannes Cardinaal, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Albertus Johannes Cardinaal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)

• Cornelis Van Antwerpen (0), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Clasina Willemina Hendrika van den Heuvel (8), Tiel
• Anne~Douwes van Veen (2), De Lemmer
• Anna Maria EMMERS (59), Hamont-Achel,3930,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Andries Klip (61), Deil, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes (Johannis) Kooman (53), Middelburg
• Anna Roelen (1), Klundert, Nederland
• Adrianus JACOBS (3), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
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• Arend BEEKHUIJS (41), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
• March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

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%.