About the day » Wednesday May 4, 1887Calender converter

• Aaltje Oosterhof, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)
• Alexandre Jules Perrin, Tancrou, Seine et Marne, Ile de France, France († 1888)
• Adriaan Jacobus Geelhoed, Vlissingen († 1887)
• Albertus Rutgers, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieterdina Scheeres, Opwierde (gem. Appingedam) († 1887)
• Agnes Maria Vervoort, ,, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Aaltje Post, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1915)
• Albertus Steenbergen, Apeldoorn († 1907)
• Adriana Antonetta Maria Legierse, ,, Etten-Leur, Nederland († 1967)
• Aagje Kranenburg, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)

• Alida Blokland (67), Gouda, Nederland
• Anna Maria Moobers (83), Maastricht
• Mensen, Onstwedde
• Anna Cornelia Wintermans (1), Raamsdonkveer
• Aartje van Bemmel (83), Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Franciscus Fonville (20), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Kreel (6), Ede
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel (38), Erp
• Alida Ockhuizen (45), Utrecht
• Anna Catharina van der Vorst (51), Posterholt

• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)

• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)

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.
• January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on May 4, 1887 was about 10.2 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.