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Born on Thursday September 15, 1887
- Aaltje Hartsuiker, Zwartsluis
- Adrianus Bevers, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
- Alphonsus Franciscus Cornelius Helsen, Geel, België († 1952)
- Aaltje Mooij, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aleida Maria Johanna van Geffen, Horst († 1938)
- Adrianus Fijneman, Dongen († 1906)
- Adrianus Schouten, Alkmaar († 1918)
- Alexander Riback, Odessa, Russia
- Alphonsus Franciscus Cornelius Helsen, Geel (2440, Antwerpen)
- Alida Wilhelmina van Maarschalkerwaard, Utrecht
Died on Thursday September 15, 1887
- Catherine Elise HOUYON (51), SPA, Liège, Belgique
- Anna Tack (85), Nijmegen
- Adolphe Amant Emmanuel Gamot (1), Gosnay, 62199, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
- Albertus Johannes Greven (0), Geldermalsen
- Catharina Bolckmans (69), Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Aaltjen Alberts (75), Beilen
- Cornelis van der Graaf (80), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antje Anskes Halma (30), Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Cornelis Verver (0), Limmen
- Coenraad (1) van Ouwerkerk (0), Hilversum
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from September 15, 1887 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Tilburgsche courant
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Leeuwarder courant
Born on September 15
- 1883 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer († 1950)
- 1886 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist († 1971)
- 1887 » Carlos Dávila, Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile († 1955)
- 1888 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver († 1925)
- 1889 » Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author († 1948)
- 1889 » Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor († 1945)
- 1890 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1976)
- 1890 » Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer († 1979)
- 1890 » Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer († 1974)
- 1890 » Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer († 1981)
Died on September 15
- 1842 » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
- 1852 » Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
- 1859 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
- 1864 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
- 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
- 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
- 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
- 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
- 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
- 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
Names that were popular for boys in 1887
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Joseph
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1887
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Elizabeth
- Christina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1887
- 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.
- April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
- 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.
- November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
The weather on Thursday September 15, 1887
The temperature on September 15, 1887 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI