About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1887Calender converter

• Albert de Jager, Coevorden, Dr, The Netherlands († 1894)
• Antje Hofma, Joure(Haskerld) († 1968)
• Alois emile Boon, Aaigem
• Arie Stortenbeker, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Arendje Plugge († 1963)
• Arie II Bellaart, Rozenburg,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1887)
• Anne Bakker, Terschelling († 1960)
• Adriana Christina Karssemeijer, Loenersloot,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1974)
• Agatha de Rijk, Woubrugge
• Adriana Johanna Maria UITEWAAL, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland

• Anna Cornelia Jochems (65), Zundert, Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Derksen (58), Rhede, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Wieleman (70), Elst, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bregtje Molenaar (68), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Linthorst (87)
• Albert Brouwer (70), Meppel
• Adrianus Stofmeel (61), Breda, NB, Nederland
• van der Valk, Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hermens Brouwer (70), Meppel
• Anna Maria Simons (69), Heerlen

• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete († 1984)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)
• 1894 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer († 1991)
• 1895 » Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player († 1978)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 11, 1887 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.