About the day » Thursday March 27, 1862Calender converter

• Albertus Ebbing, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1942)
• Aaltje van As, Groot-Ammers († 1919)
• Aart Verkaik, Reeuwijk († 1862)
• Albert Baudry, Jussy, 02480, Aisne, FRANCE
• Aaltje Doornenbal, Ruwiel, Nederland
• (Stillborn) HOPMA, Zevenaar Gelderland Netherlands († 1862)
• Alijda Maria Weezenberg, 's-Gravenhage († 1933)
• Adrianus van Driel, ijsselmonde (zuid holland) († 1913)
• Aaltje Scholten, Dalerveen, Nederland
• Adriana Meeder, Delft († 1863)

• Albert Willems (0), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rademakers (64), Riethoven, Nederland
• Albertus van Hulst (0), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aarnout duBois (1), Nieuwvliet, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Andriesje Jagt (41), Kloosterveen (Assen)
• Aart Eenkhoorn (31), Genemuiden
• (Stillborn) HOPMA (0), Zevenaar Gelderland Netherlands
• Anselmus Braun (76), Elgersweier, Offenburg, Baden-Würtemberg, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Simonis (82), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Abma (1), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1855 » William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist († 1927)
• 1857 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic († 1936)
• 1859 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer and footballer († 1927)
• 1860 » Frank Frost Abbott, American-Swiss scholar and academic († 1924)
• 1862 » Arturo Berutti, Argentinian composer († 1938)
• 1862 » Jelena Dimitrijević, Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polyglot († 1945)
• 1863 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited († 1933)
• 1866 » John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria († 1936)
• 1868 » Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator († 1946)
• 1869 » James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1938)

• 1848 » Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
• 1849 » Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
• 1850 » Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
• 1864 » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 » James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 » Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (b. 1803)
• 1875 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
• 1878 » George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 » Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 » John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Klaas
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Aaltje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Trijntje
14. Neeltje
15. Mary
16. Elizabeth

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
• April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
• June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.

The temperature on March 27, 1862 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.