About the day » Friday May 27, 1887Calender converter

• Absalom Willis Robertson, Martinsburg, West Virginia († 1971)
• Adriana Christina Sent, Krabbendijke
• Alagonda Susanna Maria Kuhlmann, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1975)
• Alagonda Susanna Maria Kuhlmann, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland († 1975)
• Adriana Everdina Oostveen, Utrecht (UT, NLD) († 1973)
• Albertus van Veen, Ter Aar
• de Jong, Vrouwenparochie († 1887)
• Alida van IJzendoorn, Maurik (Buren) († 1888)
• Alexander Rennie, West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland († 1965)
• Abraham Oudshoorn, Leiden

• Adriana Loos (53), Overpelt
• Anna Maria Lauwers (70), Gelrode
• Arnoldus Johannes Boom (52), Doniawerstal
• Anthonia Snoeijs (69)
• Alfred Emilius Burcke (0), Oostende
• Adrien (Adriaan) Janssen (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Cathrine Chridstophersdatter (68), Odden sogn, Overby, Ods Herred
• Antonia Kooren (1), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bieuwkjen Johannes Wijnalda (61), Onstwedde
• Hendrik Materman (74), Imbosch

• 1879 » Hans Lammers, German judge and politician († 1962)
• 1879 » Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist († 1963)
• 1883 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter († 1971)
• 1884 » Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer († 1968)
• 1887 » Frank Woolley, English cricketer († 1978)
• 1888 » Louis Durey, French composer († 1979)
• 1891 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer († 1965)
• 1891 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author († 1958)
• 1894 » Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1894 » Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author († 1961)

• 1840 » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)
• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)

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 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on May 27, 1887 was about 15.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.