About the day » Sunday March 6, 1887Calender converter

• Aldert Klut, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1954)
• Jannigje van den Berg, Polsbroek
• Adriana Prins, Groot-Ammers († 1917)
• Alida van Roode, Noordwijkerhout († 1938)
• Alardus Peters, Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1964)
• Albert KAMMAN, Oosterhout († 1922)
• adriana VLASKAMP, zuid beijerland
• Albertus Wagensveld, IJsselstein († 1948)
• Adrianus Johannes van den Boom, Tholen, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Fleur, Den Haag, South Holland, Netherlands

• HARMSEN, Breedenbroek, Gendringen, Gelderland, NL
• Abraham Johannes Frederik van Genderen, Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Anna Maria Josepha Simons (73), Brunssum 0
• Annechien de RODE (31), Norg, Nederland, Drenthe, Norgervaart
• Anna Gesina Fischer (25), Lindloh
• Antonius (Antonie) van den Broek (49)
• Anna Bunck (72), Ophemert
• Annechien de Rode (31), Norgervaart, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Minnema (40), Akkerwoude
• Arie Hoogedoorn (42), Jaarsveld

• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)
• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)
• 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)
• 1886 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian († 1971)
• 1892 » Bert Smith, English international footballer, right half († 1969)
• 1893 » Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist († 1987)
• 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)

• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
• 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)

• 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 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on March 6, 1887 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.