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• Anne Marie KUTTLER, Thann, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Adriana Kouwenhoven, Schipluiden († 1863)
• Albertus Klarenbeek, Bunnik († 1889)
• Anne Alida Krul, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriaantje Nouwen, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Nederland († 1865)
• Auke Gerrits Dijkstra, Hemelumer Oldeferd († 1862)
• Auke Wijtzes van Dijk, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldrik Krot, Leeuwarden († 1862)
• Andreas van de Kerkhof, Woensel († 1919)
• Anna Isabella Broos, Wilmarsdonk

• Antonia Batenburg (82), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Annetje Spaanderman (68), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vroeg in de Weij (0), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vroeg in de Weij (0), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt van den Akker (7), Nijkerk
• Alijda Jans Jonker (72), Epe
• Anna Vroegindeweij (0), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Ommeren (62), Tiel
• Adolphus Cappendijck (33), Zuiddorpe, Nederland
• Alida Hendrika Esbeukman (1), Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1848 » Hubert Parry, English composer and historian († 1918)
• 1859 » Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author († 1936)
• 1863 » George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher († 1930)
• 1863 » Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter († 1923)
• 1864 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1935)
• 1867 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician († 1947)
• 1867 » Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic († 1942)
• 1869 » Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic († 1970)
• 1872 » Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania († 1950)
• 1875 » Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon († 1956)

• 1795 » Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)
• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

• 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 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
• February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
• 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.
• May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
• June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on February 27, 1862 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.