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• Anna de RAAT, Nieuw Helvoet († 1887)
• Anna Elisabetha Huberts, Huissen, Gld, NL († 1975)
• Adrianus Hermanus Schelling, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alida Johanna Heemskerk, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan van der Wijk, Vollenhove, Stad
• Adrianus Paulus Franciscus Weijgaert van de, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1887)
• Alida Johanna (Aaltje) Heemskerk, de Zilk († 1976)
• Adrianus Paulus Franciscus Weijgaert, van de, Fijnaart († 1887)
• te GROTENHUIS, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NL († 1887)
• Aaltje Sjoerdsma, Ternaard, Friesland, Nederland († 1965)

• Antonius Hendrikus Elst (0), Geertruidenberg
• Aaltje Geerlings (0), Meppel
• Anje Danhof (26), Spijk
• Arie van Essen (75), Vierhouten
• Adriaan Pietrersz. Ruitenberg(h) (61), Willemstad (NB Nederland)
• Samaridja (30), Soerabaja, Oost-Java (Nederlands Indië)
• Arien Gerrit Stevenszoon Ariën van Essen (75), Vierhouten, Nederland
• Aaltje van Gorkum (5), Barradeel
• Ale Westhof (9), Koudum, Hem Oldephaert ca (Frl)
• Albert Clarke Mathews (67), Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, United States

• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)
• 1887 » Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1892 » Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician († 1951)
• 1892 » Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician († 1934)
• 1892 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author († 1968)
• 1892 » Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter († 1968)
• 1894 » Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author († 1956)

• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)

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 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• 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.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on May 31, 1887 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.