Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   On this day in history arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist  

Jun 21   Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1887.  

Jun 21   On this day in history britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria  

Jun 22   In the year 1887 albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)  

Jun 23   On this day in history ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)  

Jun 25   George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) on this day in history.  

Jun 26   In the year 1887 anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist  

Jun 28   Boleslav Vomacka, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 28   Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 on this day in history.  

Jul 01   In the year 1887 charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)  

Jul 02   Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54) in the year 1887.  

Jul 04   The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi in the year 1887.  

Jul 05   August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 06   4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) in the year 1887.  

Jul 07   In the year 1887 dirk Koster, literary (New Noises)  

Jul 09   Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea) in the year 1887.  

Jul 09   The first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer on this day in history.  

Jul 10   On this day in history alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer  

Jul 16   "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) in the year 1887.  

Jul 16   Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 in the year 1887.  

Jul 18   In the year 1887 vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)  

Jul 20   Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.  

Jul 22   On this day in history gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)  

Jul 26   In the year 1887 1st Esperanto book published  

Jul 26   On this day in history the first Esperanto book published  

Jul 28   On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase)  

Jul 28   On this day in history the birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist  

Jul 29   Rudi Stephan, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity) on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) in the year 1887.  

Aug 05   Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)  

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 10   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1887 birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74  

Jan 14   On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83  

Jan 17   In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

Feb 10   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.