About the day » Thursday May 5, 1887Calender converter

• Albertus Hendrikus Nagels, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1887)
• Adriana Geertruida van Hinten, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Albert Tonnis, Foxhol, Hoogezand, Gr, Nederland († 1978)
• - van der Kaap, Musselkanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 1887)
• Adolf Gustaaf Wiemer, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1981)
• Agatha Everdina Maria van der Woude, Delft
• Albert DOORNBOS, Ooststellingwerf Friesland Netherlands
• Albert Daniel TRUSSELL, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1970)
• Agnes Maria Delissen, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1891)
• adriana maria wilthagen († 1929)

• andries schravendijk (s'gravendijk) (82), den haag
• Alberdina Klasina Oostman (2), Heiligerlee, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Macpherson (72), Schoonhoven
• Pieters (0), Zandvoort ( Gieten )
• Adriana van de Leur (63), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Momberg (62)
• Adriaantje Nieuwland (11), Hantum, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus sGravendijk (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje Zonneveld (38), Alkmaar
• Anthony Macpherson (72), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)
• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)

• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)

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.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 5, 1887 was about 13.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.