About the day » Sunday January 2, 1887Calender converter

• Adrianus Jacobus Maria van der Drift, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Krug, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Knijn, Ursem, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1887)
• Adriana Sebregts, Wouw
• * Cornelis Wieringa, De werken en Sleewijk († 1946)
• Adolf Eisenheimer, Würzburg, Unterfranken, Beieren, Duitsland
• Arie van Meeteren, Noordeloos († 1944)
• Antje Knijn, Ursem († 1887)
• Arend Tuk, Brielle
• Adriana Sebregts, Wouw (Roosendaal) (Noord-Brabant) († 1959)

• Andries Olgers (74), Akersloot,Gemeente Castricum,North Holland,Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Heijden (50), Nieuwkuijk
• Aaltje Rinderts Schurer (7)
• Alida van der Leij (48), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolphus Donatus Vandommele (60), Izegem, België
• Annetje Willems Klomp (84), Huizen
• Alida Roubos (48), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Segerius (67), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Catherine Delvaux (64), Fouron-le-Comte, Luik (B)
• Anna Lanting (25), Zwinderen

• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)
• 1885 » Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1886 » Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author († 1959)
• 1889 » Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales († 1973)
• 1891 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station († 1990)
• 1892 » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor († 1958)
• 1892 » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player († 1962)
• 1895 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat († 1948)
• 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (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.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• 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.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on January 2, 1887 was about -4.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.