About the day » Thursday January 20, 1887Calender converter

• Anna Maria de Goede, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Dirkse, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Smits, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Wilhelmina ten Pierik, Deventer († 1975)
• Aloysia Finck, Wenen († 1962)
• ALBERTUS BERNARDUS GOEDEMANS, WEESP,NOORD-HOLLAND,NEDERLAND († 1956)
• Anje Hartman, Zuidbroek, South Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Friederika Fens, Carroll County IA (USA) († 1971)
• Aart Schuur, Nijkerk
• Adrianus (Arie) Johannes Antonius Van der Geest, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1968)

• Adolph Johannes Bello (73), Lochem
• Ann Evans #8309*9 (38)
• Antje Roodhorst (5), Ameide
• Antonetta Rosalia de Meyer (0), Zundert
• Albert Jans Busaan (51), Schoterland, Friesland, NL
• Anna Petronella Bon (20), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sibilla Bosten (79), Wittem
• Elizabeth Bikker (81), Meerkerk
• Adrianus Noorlander (0), Bergambacht, Gemeente Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Potwin Clarke (52), Colehour, Cook County, Illinois

• 1880 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware († 1962)
• 1882 » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss († 1957)
• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)
• 1883 » Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author († 1942)
• 1888 » Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter († 1949)
• 1889 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company († 1969)
• 1891 » Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist († 1967)
• 1893 » Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper († 1946)
• 1894 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie († 1968)
• 1894 » Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic († 1976)

• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)

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.
• 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.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on January 20, 1887 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.