About the day » Friday January 28, 1887Calender converter

• Ada Rhesa Joy, Gaston County, North Carolina († 1925)
• Adrianus Cornelis Dijkman, Voorschoten († 1951)
• Aaltje Westerveld 9, Apeldoorn († 1958)
• Aart Gerard Pieters, Amsterdam († 1887)
• Adriana Martha de Hamer, Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Spiekman, Jutphaas († 1887)
• Anna PENCHENAT, Montauban, 82121, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France
• Agatha Geertruida Havelaar, Rotterdam († 1888)
• Aleida Cornelia Johanna van Leeuwen, 's_Gravenhage
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van Iersel, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adriana Maria Adriaansen (71), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes (Jan) Van Geel (75), Halsteren
• Anna Debelle (84), Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
• Adriana Jonkers, Boxtel, NL
• Aaltje Martens WOUWENAAR (58), Oosterzee
• Bartholomeus van der Boor (86), Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Wijk (1), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Aaltje Kers (0), Dedemsvaart
• Anna Apolonia van der Ven (36), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Berber Jans Baas (59), Luinjeberd (AEngwirden)

• 1874 » Alex Smith, Scottish golfer († 1930)
• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)
• 1884 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer († 1962)
• 1885 » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist († 1920)
• 1886 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic († 1976)
• 1886 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator († 1982)
• 1897 » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright († 1986)

• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)

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.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on January 28, 1887 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.