About the day » Thursday June 23, 1887Calender converter

• Adriana Jozephina van Paassen, Poeldijk († 1983)
• Ridder, Valthermond, Nederland
• Alice Mathilde Dhullu, Santes, Nord († 1892)
• Alphonsus de Bock, Koewacht,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1966)
• Abraham Cornelis Molenaar, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Alois Everaert, Mechelen († 1887)
• Alois Jozef Habets, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1888)
• Alexander Gustavus BOM, Antwerpen, 11002, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adriana Jozephina (tante Sjaan) van Paassen, Poeldijk, Nederland († 1983)
• Albert Wubs, Mussel (Onstwedde, Groningen)

• Zeegers, Delft
• Anthonie Kerremans (51), Princenhage, Noord Brabant
• Cornelia van der Knaap (91)
• Augustijn Christiaan Johan de Ridder (3), Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antje Kuipers (4), Achtkarspelen,, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberta Swanenberg (1), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Eggleton (63), Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England
• Coleta Schoonbaert (50), Oostkamp, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• ? ? (10), Lemerleveld ambt Ommen
• Carolus Decock (64), Eernegem

• 1877 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor († 1929)
• 1879 » Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist († 1947)
• 1884 » Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1979)
• 1888 » Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician († 1935)
• 1889 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Verena Holmes, English engineer († 1964)
• 1894 » Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist († 1956)
• 1894 » Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom († 1972)
• 1894 » Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice († 1972)
• 1899 » Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer († 1979)

• 1832 » Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761)
• 1836 » James Mill, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1773)
• 1848 » Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria (b. 1776)
• 1856 » Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)
• 1891 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
• 1893 » William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)
• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)

• 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.
• April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on June 23, 1887 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.