Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist in the year 1887.  

Jun 21   Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jun 21   In the year 1887 britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria  

Jun 22   Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse) in the year 1887.  

Jun 23   Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag) in the year 1887.  

Jun 25   In the year 1887 george Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)  

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

Jun 28   On this day in history boleslav Vomacka, composer  

Jun 28   On this day in history phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0  

Jul 01   Charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor) on this day in history.  

Jul 02   On this day in history marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54)  

Jul 04   The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi on this day in history.  

Jul 05   In the year 1887 august F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies  

Jul 06   4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) on this day in history.  

Jul 07   On this day in history dirk Koster, literary (New Noises)  

Jul 09   Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1887 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)  

Jul 16   Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jul 18   Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45) on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer in the year 1887.  

Jul 22   Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925) in the year 1887.  

Jul 26   On this day in history 1st Esperanto book published  

Jul 26   The first Esperanto book published in the year 1887.  

Jul 28   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) on this day in history.  

Jul 28   In the year 1887 the birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist  

Jul 29   In the year 1887 rudi Stephan, composer  

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

Aug 02   In the year 1887 rowell Hodge patents barbed wire  

Aug 03   On this day in history rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)  

Aug 05   On this day in history reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)  

Aug 07   Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician in the year 1887.  

Aug 08   In the year 1887 esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.  

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

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

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 in the year 1887.  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.  

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.  

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

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