About the day » Saturday May 7, 1887Calender converter

• Alida van der Hulst, Delft,Gemeente Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Sulkers, Klundert Noord Brabant (NL)
• Aaltje Bruinekool, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albericus Verscheure, Ingelmunster, België († 1945)
• (Stillborn) POSTMA, Nes (Ameland) Friesland Netherlands († 1887)
• - Reit, Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1887)
• Aaltje Müsch, Wagenborgen (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Aaltje Hendriks Zeilstra, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia van Ast, 's-Gravenhage († 1888)
• Aaltje van Herpe, Steenwijk

• Aleid Johan Van Hoytema (73), Culemborg (GLD) NL
• Abeltje van Weperen (23), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan van de Sande (73), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert de Wolde (58), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Angenietje Wytzes Houtsma (84), Baard
• Aleid Johan van Hoytema Hoijtema (73), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleid Johan Hoijtema (73), Utrecht
• Abeltje Frankes van Weperen (23), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dragt (41), Lageveen gem. Zuidwolde
• Adriaan Van Der Zande (73), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1880 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee († 1972)
• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

• 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 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• 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 7, 1887 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.