About the day » Saturday July 2, 1887Calender converter

• Aleida Berendsen, Vossebelt († 1890)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Jacobs, Nijmegen († 1889)
• Anna Hillegonda Mennema, Sloterdijk, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Anna M. Cramer, Muskegon,, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Adrianus Heusden, Leiden († 1887)
• Aloïs Rudolf Pouleyn, Harelbeke (W-VL) België († 1941)
• Aaltje Westerhoff, Groningen († 1964)
• Aleida Berendsen, Vossebelt, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1890)
• Akke Taekema, Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van Emde, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)

• Arjen~Durks Duif (72)
• Cornelia Theodora WAGENHORST (61), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Hermanus Geerts (29), Gendringen, Nederland
• Charles de Blieck (2), Uithoorn
• Anne de Croÿ (56)
• Adriaan van Dorenmalen (37), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Peek (0), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne-Marie Knoppen (70), Lommersweiler, Liège, Belgique
• Catherine Elizabeth Calhoun (70), Grundy Co, Tennessee
• Cornelia Catharina Josephine Opdam (0), Amsterdam

• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)
• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)
• 1900 » Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera († 1966)
• 1900 » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director († 1971)
• 1902 » K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1968)

• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)

• 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 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on July 2, 1887 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.