About the day » Wednesday September 21, 1887Calender converter

• van der Kolk, Westenholte, gemeente Zwollerkerspel († 1887)
• Adrianus Johannes Vlamings, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Andries Johannes Preijers, Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia († 1980)
• Adolphe VANQUELEF, Auchel, 62048, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Aaltje Bonne, Terschelling († 1960)
• Abraham van der Welle, Winkel († 1975)
• * Aaltje Vroege, Culemborg († 1911)
• ? ? († 1973)
• Andries Bos, Uddel
• ABRAHAM VAN DER WINDT, VLAARDINGEN († 1887)

• Catharina de Lange (86), Schiedam
• Adriana Maria Wolfs (0), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Nieuwenhuizen (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Daley (1), Hanover, Jamaica
• Charles CORDEMANS (24), Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Woortman (0), Gieterveen,Gieten,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Claudine Louise DEMET (73), Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
• Augustine Jochmans, Overhespen, België
• Arie van der Does (0), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bernardus Johannes Saalbrink (0), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1873 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader († 1966)
• 1874 » Gustav Holst, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1878 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager († 1951)
• 1882 » Geevarghese Ivanios, Indian metropolitan († 1953)
• 1884 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician and theorist († 1944)
• 1890 » Charles William Train, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1965)
• 1890 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot († 1916)
• 1894 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer and businessman († 1952)
• 1898 » Frances Mary Albrier, American civil rights activist († 1987)
• 1899 » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army († 1986)

• 1860 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (b. 1788)
• 1874 » Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
• 1880 » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
• 1887 » Wazid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
• November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The temperature on September 21, 1887 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.