About the day » Wednesday May 27, 1868Calender converter

• Adrienne Adam, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France († 1928)
• Antje Offinga
• Adrianus Timmers, Haarlemmermeer († 1937)
• Anthonie du Fijn, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1868)
• Albertus Christianus Leushuis, Vriezenveen
• Alidor Wydooghe, Hooglede,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aafjen Brukker, Groningen († 1942)
• Aagje Albertsd. van Pel († 1868)
• Aart Frans Kroes, Waddinxveen († 1943)
• Ariaantje van den Boogaard, Sloten, Nederland († 1937)

• (Stillbirth) VAN HOOGEN (0), Hoogkerk
• Arie Geel (61), Stolpen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Therese Maekelberghe (67), Woumen
• Augustinus BERGMANS (1), Dessel
• Anna Maria Eleonora Wolf- (64), Mettingen, Duitsland
• Anna Theresia Maeckelbergh (67), Woumen West-Vlaanderen, België
• Arie Ariensz Geel (60), Zijpe
• Antje Rintjes Veltman (81), Workum
• Anna Maria Geris (63), Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Victoria Adelheid van Kospoth (48), Harzburg, Nedersaksen

• 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)
• 1878 » Anna Cervin, Swedish artist († 1972)

• 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. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Trijntje
15. Petronella
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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on May 27, 1868 was about 23.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.