About the day » Sunday September 4, 1887Calender converter

• Aaldert Koops, Hijkersmilde, Smilde († 1888)
• Adriana Maria Maijen, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1959)
• Albertus Johannes Hoogteijling, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Agnes H Lindsay, Greenock, Scotland († 1984)
• Alida van Ballegoijen, Heesselt († 1963)
• Aloysius_Henricus Klaverstijn, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Adrianus Bruurmijn, Baardwijk († 1887)
• Alida Susanna Beekman, Rhenen († 1938)
• Alida Maria Dekker, Limmen († 1967)
• Aaltje Westerhof, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1888)

• Aart Herman VAN VORDEN (1), Delden, Gemeente Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Kuiter, Deventer, Nederland
• Catharina Devilé (76), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Keijzer (91), Willeskop
• Annigje (Anna) de Keijser (93), Willeskop, UTR, Nederland
• Arend Eenjes (31), Borgercompagnie (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Beret Hansdatter Tæveldal (84), Hansstugu, Meråker, Teveldalen, Nord-Trøndelag, Norge
• Arie Arendsz van Beelen (76), Noordwijk
• Antonia Klein Ovink (38), Bathmen
• Antoninetta Adriana Berger (0), Breda, Nederland

• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)
• 1886 » Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army († 1967)
• 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
• 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
• 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)

• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)

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.
• February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on September 4, 1887 was about 14.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.