About the day » Friday July 22, 1887Calender converter

• Aafje Koomen, Midwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Trijntje de Vries, Terneuzen († 1914)
• Schonberger, Nijmegen († 1887)
• Veldstra, Fransum gem. Aduard, Groningen, Nederland († 1887)
• Anna Maria van Leeuwen, Aalsmeer († 1950)
• Anna Carolina Van Santvliet, Merksem
• Adriana Maria Schut, Alkmaar
• Anna Genevieve Maloy, Barbour, West Virginia, United States († 1913)
• Arent ter Weeme, Neede
• Anna Maria Christina Taljaard, South Africa

• Alberdina van de Weerd (67), Hattem, Gld. Nederland
• Veldstra (0), Fransum gem. Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Facina (Francina) Korteweg (82), Zevenbergen (NB-NLD)
• Adriana Francina Korteweg (82), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriaan van den Aker (58), Vught
• Adriana Francisca Korteweg (82), Zevenbergen
• Anna Maria van Asseldonk (26), Erp, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Verkuil (23), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina van der Weerde (67), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adamina Bakker (62), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1881 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology († 1966)
• 1882 » Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher († 1967)
• 1884 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1967)
• 1886 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author († 1954)
• 1887 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1888 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic († 1950)
• 1888 » Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1889 » James Whale, English director († 1957)
• 1890 » Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist († 1995)
• 1892 » Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player († 1983)

• 1864 » James B. McPherson, American general (b. 1828)
• 1869 » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)
• 1902 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
• 1904 » Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1906 » William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
• 1916 » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
• 1918 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898)

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 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.
• June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• 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.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.

The temperature on July 22, 1887 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.