Historical Events In 1887

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

Jun 21   In the year 1887 adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67  

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

Jun 22   Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse) on this day in history.  

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   Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist on this day in history.  

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

Jun 28   In the year 1887 phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0  

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) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 05   On this day in history august F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies  

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

Jul 07   Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises) in the year 1887.  

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 in the year 1887.  

Jul 10   In the year 1887 alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer  

Jul 16   On this day in history "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)  

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

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 26   1st Esperanto book published in the year 1887.  

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

Jul 28   In the year 1887 marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase)  

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

Jul 29   On this day in history rudi Stephan, composer  

Jul 30   On this day in history felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity)  

Aug 02   Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire in the year 1887.  

Aug 03   In the year 1887 rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)  

Aug 05   Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) in the year 1887.  

Aug 07   On this day in history jan HA Eman, Aruban politician  

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

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1887 birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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