About the day » Saturday January 29, 1887Calender converter

• Alida Ida Schoenmaker, Veendam, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Aafje Benschop, Berkenwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Aafke HEERINGA, Ternaard, gemeente Westdongeradeel
• Alma Boundy († 1973)
• Adrianus Cornelis de Waal, Amersfoort († 1920)
• Abraham John Callewaart, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin († 1938)
• Adolf BOONACKER, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Aagje Jacoba Cornelia Mijsbergh, Rotterdam († 1937)
• Alfred SCRIMSHAW, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia († 1943)
• * Maria Johanna Breukhoven, Charlois († 1961)

• Aaltje Sytses Ros, Akkerwoude
• Adriaantje (Adriana) Alem van (58), Hedel Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sytzes Ros (81), Akkerwoude
• Aalbert Hendrik Heijmans (67), Frederiksoord (gemeente Vledder)
• Aaltje Huizing (0), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Pieter Snoep (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Lippers (64), Losser
• Adriana Jorisse Buitenhek (51), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Pauwels (58), Oorderen
• Adam Albertusz Slottje (0), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1877 » Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat († 1969)
• 1880 » W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1881 » Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist († 1975)
• 1884 » Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1888 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist († 1970)
• 1888 » Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman († 1985)
• 1891 » Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator († 1975)
• 1891 » R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker († 1968)
• 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)
• 1895 » Muna Lee, American poet and author († 1965)

• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)

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 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on January 29, 1887 was about 4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.