About the day » Friday September 2, 1887Calender converter

• Adrianus Ermes, Chaam († 1976)
• Albert Victor Tongue, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire († 1958)
• Alexis BOIJEN, Neerlinter,3350,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anje Groot, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• * Arend de Waart, Rotterdam († 1960)
• Anje Groot, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriaan van de Voorde, Koudekerke († 1943)
• Adelaïde Barbera Maria Fontane, Roelofarendsveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Antjelina Frey, Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Amelia Erades, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)

• Barbara HUIJZERT (63), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Albert Nieuwenhuis (0), Beerzerveld
• Aaltje Franzes Bosgraaf (87), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Ates Idzenga (11), Lippenhuizen gemeente Opsterland (Friesland)
• Ate Tjeerds Kloosterman (53), Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Annigje Noortzij (63), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angelina Catharina Francisca Mampaey (0), Boom
• Albertus Bos (25), Oud-Zuilen (vh. Zuijlen), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus de Beijer (85), Deventer
• Antje de Jong (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)
• 1892 » Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director († 1965)
• 1894 » Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author († 1939)
• 1897 » Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran († 1963)

• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)

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.
• April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
• 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.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on September 2, 1887 was about 19.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.