About the day » Sunday December 27, 1863Calender converter

• Adolph George Fredrick Schmidt († 1946)
• Adrianus van REES, Numansdorp
• Aletta van Scherpenzeel, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1956)
• Alte Jassies, Steenwijkerwold († 1868)
• de Boer
• Abraham VOGELAAR, Dinteloord († 1938)
• Aletta van Scherpenzeel, Utrecht
• Alice BOTTOMS, Haynes, Ampthill, Bedfordshire
• Anna Catharina Pelsers, Echt († 1912)
• Adriaan Schout, Serooskerke (w) († 1930)

• Arent Jan Heusingveld (69), Aalten, Lintelo
• Aldegonda Figgels (Straetemans) (79), Overpelt (BE)
• Ariaantje Bastiaansd De HEER (65), Ridderkerk
• Adám Bethlen (73), Budapest
• Christiaan Bakker (55), Steenwijk Overijsel
• Blok (0), Rilland en Maire
• Anna Maria Mandos, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adam Bethlen de Bethlen (74), Budapest,, Hongrie
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• Aldegonda Figgels(Straetemans) (79), Neerpelt (B)

• 1832 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery († 1897)
• 1858 » Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile († 1930)
• 1863 » Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois († 1941)
• 1864 » Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)

• 1812 » Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)

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

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

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
• March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.

The temperature on December 27, 1863 was about 6.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.