About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1887Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes van der Mast, Zeist († 1953)
• Antje Bruinewoud, Havelte († 1966)
• Adrianus Cornelis BEEK, Delft (Zuid Holland) (NL)
• Anne Bakker, Terschelling († 1960)
• Antje Elings, Herveld gemeente Valburg († 1953)
• Arie Stortenbeker, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Bertram, Gulpen-Wittem (Wittem) (Limburg) († 1954)
• Adolf Abraham De Vries, Gombong, Kedoe
• Adriana Johanna Maria UITEWAAL, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Christina Allers, Maasniel, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1913)

• Anna Cornelia Jochems (65), Zundert
• Albertus Linthorst (81), Bramt
• Adrianus Stofmeel (61), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Wieleman (70), Lent
• Aaltien van Ringen (48), Steenwijksmoer, gem. Coevorden, Nederland
• Adrianus Stofmeel (61), Breda, NB, Nederland
• van der Valk, Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wieleman (70), Elst, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bregtje Molenaar (68), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Avina LEUGS (0), Harkstede (Slochteren) Groningen Netherlands

• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete († 1984)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)
• 1894 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer († 1991)
• 1895 » Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player († 1978)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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

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

• 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on May 11, 1887 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.