About the day » Friday March 18, 1887Calender converter

• Agnes Maria Vergeer, Hoenkoop († 1887)
• Albert (Bert) STITTLE, Canada († 1959)
• Aaltje Duursma, Murmerwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Mulder, Uddel († 1970)
• Adriana Lamberta van de Leur, Vlijmen († 1887)
• Albertje Jans KOOPMAN, Westenesch (Emmen) Drenthe Netherlands
• Albertis Kliphuis, Kalkwijk (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1959)
• Aaltje Oberman († 1969)
• Adriana Lamberta van de Leur, Vlijmen († 1887)
• Aartje Top, Essen (Barneveld)

• Alfred Fountain (33), Constable, Franklin, N.Y
• Adriana Johanna Dymphina van Dreumel (0), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Treuen (0), Waubach (Ubach over Worms-Lb)
• Adrianus Johannes van Lith (23), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Francisca Raaijmakers (0), Helmond
• Anna Elisabeth van Heusden (54), Arnhem, Nederland
• Angenetha van Hoegee (85), Maarsseveen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ale Meintes de Groot (0), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hoes (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Edelijn (21), Kerkenveld (Zuidwolde)

• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1970)
• 1890 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1893 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist († 1978)
• 1893 » Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet († 1918)

• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)

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.
• January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• 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 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on March 18, 1887 was about -1.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.