About the day » Tuesday December 13, 1887Calender converter

• Cornelis Slim, Vrouwenparochie
• * Elisabeth Johanna Nowee, Delft
• Alida Julia VANCOILLIE, Hooglede Belgie
• Anna Maria Kroesen, Utrecht
• Krommendijk, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1887)
• Anje van der Kamp, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Amy Martha Limberg, Rob Roy, Inverell, NSW, Australia († 1972)
• Albertus Berkelmans, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1964)
• Adriana Apeldoorn, Heiloo († 1957)
• Anthonius Wouters, Elst

• Adèle, Elise CORNEZ (31), Pâturages, 7340, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Berend Haan (0), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Gerdina Steenks (16)
• Aaltje Diepeveen (59), Veenendaal {UT}
• Anton Vergeer (0), Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Aalbers (32)
• Berend Beukhof (12), Ede
• Antonius Severs (1), Jutphaas
• Arend Jacobs BRINK (56), Dwingeloo, Nederland, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernard Helmuth Wilhelm Metelmann (2), Wendisch-Rambow, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Alt Meteln

• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)
• 1884 » Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor, director, and playwright († 1951)
• 1885 » Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician († 1940)
• 1887 » Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1887 » George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic († 1985)
• 1897 » Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel († 1961)
• 1897 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author († 1969)
• 1900 » Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator († 1970)

• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (b. 1857)

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.
• 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.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on December 13, 1887 was about 1.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 42 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.