Historical Events In 1887

Feb 26   On this day in history george Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG  

Feb 26   George Lohmann took first 8-wicket haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG in the year 1887.  

Feb 27   In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53  

Feb 27   In the year 1887 james D Innes, English painter  

Feb 28   In the year 1887 william Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)  

Mar 02   In the year 1887 american Trotting Association organized in Detroit  

Mar 02   August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Mar 03   On this day in history american Protective Assn forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa  

Mar 03   On this day in history american Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton IA  

Mar 03   In the year 1887 anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller  

Mar 05   Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz) in the year 1887.  

Mar 06   On this day in history henri Gagnon, composer  

Mar 07   Heino Eller, composer in the year 1887.  

Mar 07   In the year 1887 north Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.  

Mar 08   In the year 1887 everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes  

Mar 08   In the year 1887 everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes  

Mar 08   Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 08   In the year 1887 the telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton.  

Mar 09   In the year 1887 phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)  

Mar 13   On this day in history carlos Isamitt, composer  

Mar 13   In the year 1887 chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs  

Mar 14   George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter on this day in history.  

Mar 15   1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history michigan appoints first salaried game and fish warden in US(William Alden Smith)  

Mar 16   In the year 1887 emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59  

Mar 17   On this day in history ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician  

Mar 20   Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 in the year 1887.  

Mar 21   Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor on this day in history.  

Mar 22   In the year 1887 chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers)  

Mar 23   On this day in history anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)  

Mar 23   More than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW in the year 1887.  

Mar 23   The birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter on this day in history.  

Mar 24   On this day in history oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)  

Mar 24   Oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

Jan 07   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 in the year 1887.  

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   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

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 on this day in history.