About the day » Thursday November 17, 1887Calender converter

• Adriaan op den Brouw
• Adriana Sophia Johanna Ligtvoet, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberico de Amorim Loyo, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1972)
• , Amsterdam / NL († 1978)
• Adrianus Koolen, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Alouisius Ludovicus van Driessche, Hontenisse
• Aaron van den Berg, 's-Gravenhage († 1961)
• Adolphina Ludovica OP DE BEECK, Grobbendonk Belgie († 1965)
• Anna Cornelia Nouwens, Tilburg
• Aloysius Ludovicus van Driessche, Lamswaarde,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1965)

• Adrianus Loos (82), Essen (België)
• Anna Tilman (49), Zuidhorn
• Arnoldus Swennen (47), Overpelt
• Andries Doekeles Koopal (67), Finkum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albarta Gerritdina Brinkman (38), Epse (Gorssel)
• Antje Pieterdr Luken (44), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Adrianus Pietersz van der Eijk (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Doekeles KOOPAL (67)
• KLUT (0), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Faaij (77), Willige Langerak

• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)
• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)
• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)
• 1897 » Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1899 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer († 1971)

• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)

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.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• 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.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on November 17, 1887 was about -1.3 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.