About the day » Monday December 27, 1869Calender converter

• Aafke ter Borgh, Stedum, Westeremden († 1940)
• Adrianus Kruik, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Harskamp, Broek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Albert Borger, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Adrianus Kruik, Rockanje gem Westvoorne,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1950)
• aaltje spiegelaar, hoogersmilde († 1917)
• Anna Maria de RON, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Hendrika Koekkoek, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1956)
• Aleida Hendrina Janssen, Stokkum (gem. Bergh) († 1941)
• Anna Angela FRAISE, Iowa († 1948)

• Aaltje Jans Ijnzen (34), Hollum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• - Hofstede (0), Diepenheim
• Abraham Jacobszoon Schellevis (57), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Cornelisd Leijen (70), Winkel
• Adriana van der Does (28), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Ijnsen (34), Hollum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Bartels (0), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Leijen (69), Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Curfs (77), Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Voulon (Foulon) (63)

• 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 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 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)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
• November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

The temperature on December 27, 1869 was about -2.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.