About the day » Saturday August 20, 1887Calender converter

• Abraham Wisse († 1924)
• Aaltje Alberts, Nijkerk († 1888)
• Akke Dijkstra, (Barradeel) Sexbierum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1977)
• Aalbert Konijnenberg, Apeldoorn († 1929)
• Adrianus van der Wolf, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1941)
• Adrianus Cornelis Pols, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agripina Sodré, Serra Negra, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albertje Louwrink, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde († 1944)
• Albert Jacobs Bakker, Wanneperveen († 1972)
• Alice Miedema, Grand Rapids-Michigan (USA) († 1915)

• Antje Swart (71), Berkhout
• Amelie Reine Dewaelsche (74), Ieper, 8900, West Vlaanderen
• Abraham Hogenes (42), Sloterdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Riel (56), Mechelen, Antwerpen, België
• albert bakker (0), oostzaan
• Anna Petronella Vergers (40), Haarlem
• Andreas Beijen (56), Wijchmaal
• Aaltje Poorter (10), Blokzijl
• ANTONIUS WENNEKERS (61), Rotterdam, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van Tol (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)

• 1881 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1943)
• 1881 » Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author († 1959)
• 1884 » Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg († 1976)
• 1885 » Dino Campana, Italian poet and author († 1932)
• 1886 » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian († 1965)
• 1887 » Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar († 1959)
• 1888 » Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam († 1980)
• 1890 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist († 1937)
• 1896 » Gostha Pal, Indian footballer († 1976)
• 1897 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet († 1970)

• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)

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.
• January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on August 20, 1887 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.