About the day » Thursday August 11, 1887Calender converter

• Aaltje Bijlstra, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aleida de Kleine, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1979)
• Adriana Cornelia Struick, Woudrichem († 1968)
• Adriana Mureau, Hoge en Lage Zwaluw
• Jansegers, Bornem († 1887)
• Angela Victorina Mahieu, Oostende (B) († 1889)
• Aleida de Kleine, Kampen († 1979)
• Abraham Willem Nieuwveld, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1930)
• Adriana Overgoor, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Abraham Willem Nieuwveld, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)

• Christina Hendrika van den Berg (6), Brielle
• Bertus Hendrikus Moree (10), hekelingen
• Aleida Balk (0), Elburg
• Aagje Voormolen (24), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Angela Michiels (56), St-Amandsberg
• Bartje van Ogten (79), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartje van Ochten (79), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Antonie Abbenhuis (39), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Florussen (43), Wijchen,Gemeente Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobus ANSOMS (71), Kalmthout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1877 » Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge († 1954)
• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)
• 1891 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle († 1944)
• 1891 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author († 1962)
• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)
• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)

• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)

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.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• 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.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on August 11, 1887 was about 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 52 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.