About the day » Thursday August 25, 1887Calender converter

• Albert TRUMPER, Newport, Shropshire, England († 1973)
• Anna Catharina Bovens, Heer en Keer († 1973)
• Albert Kahler, New York († 1943)
• Abraham Cornelis Abrahamse, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1977)
• Albert Kiel
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Kruup, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Susanna DE VROOME, Middelburg (NL/ZE) († 1967)
• Albert Konijnenberg, ,, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1953)
• Alberta van de Van De Beek, Heerde († 1894)
• Albert Kiel, Holland, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1966)

• Aaltje Hinnes van der Veen (6), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Gjalts Van Der Lei (70), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Gjalts van der Lei (van der Ley) (70), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van de Laar (62), Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Hos (60), Hillegom
• Anje Veentjer (4), Slochteren (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Augusta Theresia GÄRTNER (39), Helmond, 3703, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Gjalts van der Lei (70), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna Need (16), Beesd
• Anna Maria Schaub (52), Holzhausen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany

• 1877 » Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation († 1965)
• 1878 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1882 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland († 1966)
• 1889 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales († 1969)
• 1891 » David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator († 1956)
• 1893 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist († 1962)
• 1898 » Arthur Wood, English cricketer († 1973)
• 1898 » Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic († 1975)
• 1899 » Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect († 1970)

• 1867 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)

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 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 25, 1887 was about 24.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.