About the day » Monday April 25, 1887Calender converter

• Albert Gerrit de Pree, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1958)
• Aart Docter, Apeldoorn
• Afko "Alfred" VAN DELLEN, Nieuwe Pekela
• Alex (Alick) Kantor, Vilna, Lithuania († 1958)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Meerts, Den Haag, Nederland († 1982)
• Aleida Moman, Uelsen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Joannes Marcus van Hest, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Kremer, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1887)
• Anna Flens, Amsterdam († 1899)
• Aart Docter, Apeldoorn

• Anna Maria Regina Melis (5), Tilburg
• Antoon Herman Willem Maria van Romondt (0), Utrecht
• Adriana van Vlijmen (24.2.2), Oss, Nederland
• Antonetta Clasina Maria Melis (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Eijff (Eiff) (67), Middelburg
• Abraham Schoe (0), Middelburg, Nederland
• Bartha Hendriks LIGTHART (2), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonetta Cornelia Boelaars (2), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Brughuis (51), Wierden
• Anje Jeltes Dobbema (68), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland

• 1874 » Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker († 1937)
• 1874 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1876 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician († 1958)
• 1878 » William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete († 1946)
• 1882 » Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer († 1976)
• 1887 » Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic († 1936)
• 1892 » Maud Hart Lovelace, American author († 1980)
• 1896 » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1977)
• 1897 » Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood († 1965)
• 1900 » Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations († 1996)

• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (b. 1859)

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.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on April 25, 1887 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.