Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist on this day in history.  

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

Jun 21   Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in the year 1887.  

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

Jun 23   In the year 1887 ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)  

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

Jun 26   On this day in history anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist  

Jun 28   On this day in history boleslav Vomacka, composer  

Jun 28   Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 in the year 1887.  

Jul 01   On this day in history charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)  

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

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

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   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   In the year 1887 the first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer.  

Jul 10   Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer in the year 1887.  

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

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) in the year 1887.  

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

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   On this day in history the first Esperanto book published  

Jul 28   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) in the year 1887.  

Jul 28   The birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist in the year 1887.  

Jul 29   In the year 1887 rudi Stephan, composer  

Jul 30   In the year 1887 felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity)  

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   On this day in history jan HA Eman, Aruban politician  

Aug 08   On this day in history 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   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

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   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1887 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

Feb 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1887.  

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