About the day » Monday May 16, 1887Calender converter

• Anna Maria Fischer, Barger-Compascuum
• Anna Willemina TIMMER, Randwijk, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hilbink, Lutten († 1888)
• Albertha Jeanne Stroeve, Padang (N.O.I.)
• Anna Maria Josepha Kemmerling, Kerkrade (L († 1990)
• Aaltje Jongeneel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Adrianus van der Gaag, Loosduinen († 1887)
• Anna Maria de Graaf, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Kersten, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1917)
• Apollonia van Pelt, IJsselmonde († 1887)

• Ann James (84), Saint Mary, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• Adriana Maria Vaarten (2), Alphen en Riel
• Aaltje Hoogeveen (11), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Agatha Kleinschmidt (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Snel (86), Alblasserdam
• Johnson, Woburn, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Augustus De Baere (66), Moortsele
• Anthonia Willems (28), Oploo
• Augustus Debaere (66), Moorsele
• Anneke Raukes Brinksma (68), Oppenhuizen, Wymbritseradeel,Friesland, Nederland

• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)
• 1897 » Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic († 1994)
• 1898 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter († 1980)

• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)

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.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• 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.
• 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 May 16, 1887 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.