About the day » Thursday July 21, 1887Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes Pelger, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1887)
• Ana Mathilda Elisabeth van Hulst, Maastricht
• Adrianus van de Laar, Boxtel († 1969)
• Adrianus Johannes Maria van Raak, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Afra Elisabeth Zut, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Groeneveld, Werkendam Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1887)
• Agatha Neelen
• Adriaantje Noordzij, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Broeders, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Kerdel, Schiedam († 1968)

• Christiaan van de Loo, Boxtel
• Carolina Juliana van REETH (56), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Antje Terol (0), Zandvoort
• Henri Hubert Dohmen (2), Melick-Herkenbosch
• Abraham Horwitz (2), Kepno, Wlkp., Poland
• Arie Bot (0), Vlaardingen
• Berendina D. Sikkink (55), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Anna Naaktgeboren (0), 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Adrianus Martinus de Kort (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Elias Nauta (0), Westernijkerk

• 1875 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1947)
• 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
• 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
• 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1891 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier († 1969)
• 1893 » Hans Fallada, German author († 1947)
• 1896 » Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist († 1996)
• 1898 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1899 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1899 » Hart Crane, American poet († 1932)

• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)

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 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

The temperature on July 21, 1887 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.