Historical Events In 1887

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

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

Jun 21   Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria on this day in history.  

Jun 22   On this day in history albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)  

Jun 23   Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag) on this day in history.  

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   Boleslav Vomacka, composer in the year 1887.  

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

Jul 01   In the year 1887 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 16   In the year 1887 nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73  

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

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   1st Esperanto book published on this day in history.  

Jul 26   The first Esperanto book published on this day in history.  

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   Rudi Stephan, composer in the year 1887.  

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

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born in the year 1887.  

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   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   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 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 in the year 1887.  

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