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• Adriana Leijten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1866)
• Amedeus Foubert, Temse († 1882)
• Anna Catharina Maria Sidonia Vranckx, Kessel-loo
• Adriana Leijten, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Sophia Potters, Dordrecht († 1927)
• Amédée Joseph Roland, Soignies, Hainaut, Belgique († 1949)
• Alida Jacoba van Egmond, Leiden († 1943)
• Anna Geertruida Eversteijn (everstein), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Waardenburg, Lithoijen († 1871)
• Cornelia Moolenaar, Lisse († 1943)

• Catharina Bastiaens (55), Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antje Sperhaak (62), Haringhuizen
• Augustine POULLAIN (74), Mennevret,02630, Frankrijk
• Catharina Margaretha Bastiaens (54), Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht
• Albertien Harms Timmer (71), Klatering (Beilen)
• Bernardus Meijers (64), Haaksbergen
• Albertje Harms Timmer (72), Beilen
• Andriesje Jagt (41)
• Anna Catharina Augusta Cristina RUSSELL (53), Bergen op Zoom, 3315, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Wolters Heida (43), Gemeente Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 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. 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. 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 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.
• March 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
• May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
• July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
• December 17 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
• December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The temperature on April 27, 1862 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.