About the day » Monday December 19, 1887Calender converter

• Adriaan Brokx, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan den Engelsman, Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland († 1888)
• (l.l.) Sneeuwloper, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1887)
• Achille Joseph Auguste Maria Faict, Oudenburg († 1923)
• Agnes van Sommeren
• Adrianus Jacob François Oudendal, Malang, Java, Indonesië († 1954)
• Adrianus Anthonius Blankestijn, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacob Francois OUDENDAL, Malang, East Java, Indonesie († 1954)
• Adrianus Karlas, Mijdrecht († 1973)
• Adam William Mendenhall

• Andries Cz Oudes (35), Zijpe
• Adriaan van Rijswijk (57), Sprang
• Anna Catharina GILIS (43), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adrianus Johannis de Heer (0), Piershil
• Anna Elisabeth van Bork (86), langbroek (utrecht)
• Alijda Maria van Ruitenbeek (3), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha Schoorl (54), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Albertus van Schalkwijk (34), Tiel
• Anna Margaret Boslooper (3), Detroit Wayne Michigan
• Anna Hulst (82), Millingen

• 1875 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month († 1950)
• 1875 » Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician († 1962)
• 1875 » Mileva Marić, Serbian physicist († 1948)
• 1876 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author († 1961)
• 1884 » Antonín Zápotocký, Czech politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic († 1957)
• 1888 » Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish politician and diplomat, 4th President-in-exile of Poland († 1993)
• 1894 » Ford Frick, American journalist and businessman († 1978)
• 1895 » Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and educator († 1989)
• 1899 » Martin Luther King Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist († 1984)

• 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
• 1851 » Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter (b. 1775)
• 1878 » Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)
• 1915 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1927 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908)
• 1933 » George Jackson Churchward, English engineer and businessman (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 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on December 19, 1887 was about 1.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.