About the day » Tuesday May 27, 1862Calender converter

• Anna Maria KNEEPKENS, Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Linthorst, Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 1895)
• Adrianus Spijkers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1935)
• Anna Elizabeth NORMAN, Gallia County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Anna Herckenrath, Maasbommel († 1933)
• Alida Zwemmer, Zandvoort (Noord-Holland) († 1937)
• Aaltje Rens, Oosteinde (Nunspeet) († 1947)
• Anna Maria Broeseliske, Leeuwarden († 1953)
• Anna Catharina Wilhemina van BRONKHORST, Djokjakarta
• Anne van der Veen, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1862)

• Anna Theresia Gernaey (75), Beernem
• Alina van Vugt (57), Den Bosch
• Abraham GIES (0), Middelburg, 4330, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Valkenburg (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Washington Wilson (2)
• Arij Odijk (74), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van Bennekom (14), Schalkwijk
• Anna Catharina De Laet (18), Turnhout
• Anna Catharina BORMANS (78), Mielen-boven-Aalst, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• *Jacobus Cornelis Kil (1), Ossendrecht

• 1852 » Billy Barnes, English cricketer († 1899)
• 1857 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist († 1928)
• 1860 » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal († 1941)
• 1863 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer († 1921)
• 1867 » Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright († 1931)
• 1868 » Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author († 1924)
• 1871 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1875 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer († 1942)
• 1876 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author († 1945)
• 1876 » William Stanier, English engineer († 1965)

• 1797 » François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
• 1840 » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)
• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)

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.
• February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
• 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 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
• October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on May 27, 1862 was about 14.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.