About the day » Monday September 12, 1887Calender converter

• Andries Wit de, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Andreas Petrus de Rooij, Oegstgeest
• Albarta Takken, Kootwijkerbroek (Barneveld) († 1928)
• Adrianus Korevaar (Koorevaar), Streefkerk († 1980)
• Adriana Susanna Baert, Den Helder, Netherlands
• Andries de Wit, Ridderkerk († 1888)
• Adrianus Koorevaar, Streefkerk († 1980)
• Andries de Wit, Ridderkerk († 1888)
• Aloys Lagrou, Koekelare
• Albert JANSEN, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Provincie Overijssel,Nederland

• Albertus Jacobus van Leeuwen (0), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Wilson Simmons (71), Warren County, Illinois
• Anna Helena Dautzenberg (39), Eys-Wittem
• Albertus Wakelkamp (65), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abby Bouton (84), Huron, NY
• Aukje Kies (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Beerten, 2222 Wiekevorst, Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerpen, BE
• Andrew W Simmons (71), Warren, KY
• Abel Remi Vermassen (0), Hundelgem
• Antje Terpstra (44), nijland

• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)
• 1884 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach († 1947)
• 1885 » Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer († 1957)
• 1888 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer († 1972)
• 1889 » Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta († 1942)
• 1891 » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher († 1968)
• 1891 » Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor († 1977)
• 1891 » Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician († 1965)
• 1892 » Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. († 1984)

• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)

• 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 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
• November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

The temperature on September 12, 1887 was about 12.9 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.