About the day » Sunday May 29, 1887Calender converter

• Albert Heinrich Pfeiffer, Lobethal, South Australia
• Abraham Cornelis Ammerman (Ammermann), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Tilburg, Halsteren († 1951)
• Joling, Barger-Oosterveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1887)
• Adriana Annegie Cornelia Schoenmeijer, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Johan Marie Reelick, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriana Maria Pijnenburg, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1970)
• Aaltje Rozema, Vierhuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Angelina Maximiliana Capriles, Netherlands Antilles
• Adriaan de Bakker, Heenvliet, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)

• Aldert Bleeker (11), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adeline Cohn (43), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Joling (0), Barger-Oosterveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Dingena Paardekam (Peerekam) (85), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Anna Dingena Peerekam, Bergen op zoom (noord-brabant)
• Andriesina Catharina Salomina Wasserman (73)
• Anna Elisabeth Kaiboi, Meerssen (Bunde) (Limburg)
• Aaltje van der Weide (0)
• Antonia de Bruijn (87), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Boon (0), Assendelft NH NL

• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)
• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)

• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)

• 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 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.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on May 29, 1887 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.