About the day » Monday November 21, 1887Calender converter

• "kind" Mulder, Den Helder († 1887)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hamers, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ada Ernestine Emily Estes († 1975)
• Amanda Blair Rose, Searcy, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Alexandrina Boogert, Dordrecht († 1937)
• Mulder, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Alphonsine Suzanne Greven, Sint-Truiden, België
• Adriaantje Verhagen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1965)
• Adriana Lekkerkerker, Rietveld, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1944)
• Allen Tipton Wiseman, Izard, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten

• Arie van Kooten (0), wageningen
• Adeline {Addie} {Tillinghast} Esten (35), Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States of America
• Antonia Molenaar (58), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonia de JONGE (62), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Bont (78), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltien Jansdr Vogelzang (64), Koekange
• Adriana Dina Geervliet (49), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Goedhart (64), Langerak
• * Willempje de Ridder (74), Everdingen
• Antonij Dirk van Herwerden (60), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1876 » Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator († 1939)
• 1877 » Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator († 1933)
• 1878 » Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice († 1949)
• 1886 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician († 1968)
• 1894 » Cecil M. Harden, American politician († 1984)
• 1897 » Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist († 1980)
• 1898 » René Magritte, Belgian painter († 1967)
• 1899 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha († 1987)
• 1899 » Jobyna Ralston, American actress († 1967)
• 1902 » Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster († 1985)

• 1859 » Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
• 1861 » Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 » Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)

• 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.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on November 21, 1887 was about 5.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.