About the day » Tuesday August 2, 1887Calender converter

• Amelia Lavinia Worm, St. Stephens, Seneca Co., OH († 1971)
• Anne Abma, Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Hummel, Leeuwarden († 1970)
• Adriana van Beers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1887)
• Anna Hubertina Houben, Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Gommers, Herenthout, België († 1963)
• Albert Volders, Braamberg, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1894)
• Annigje Heldoorn, Wilsum, Nederland († 1946)
• Alfons Corneel Hoes, Eksel, België († 1912)
• Andreas Maas (Maes), Aalsmeer († 1980)

• Anne Burns (81)
• Anna Catharina Dielens (88), Massenhoven
• Aafke Eelkes van der Meer (0), Hallum,Ferwerderadeel,Friesland,Nederland
• Bastiaan Wessel (0), Brielle
• Anna van 't Veldt (0), Hilversum
• Annegje Jans Vedder (68), Havelte
• Aafke Eelkes van der Meer (0), Hallum
• Berendina Ruiter (32), Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Andries Van Der Made (62), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe (N-B), nederland
• Borbála Bálinth de Szirfalva (63), Borsec, Roumanie

• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)
• 1882 » Albert Bloch, American painter and academic († 1961)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)
• 1884 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela († 1969)
• 1886 » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1961)
• 1887 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician († 1960)
• 1889 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress († 1929)
• 1891 » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1891 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian († 1971)
• 1892 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. († 1978)

• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (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.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• 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.
• May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• 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 August 2, 1887 was about 17.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.