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 on this day in history.  

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

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   Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist in the year 1887.  

Jun 28   Boleslav Vomacka, composer in the year 1887.  

Jun 28   Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor) in the year 1887.  

Jul 02   In the year 1887 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   August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jul 09   On this day in history the first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer.  

Jul 10   On this day in history alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer  

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   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) on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1887 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) in the year 1887.  

Jul 28   The birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist on this day in history.  

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   Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on this day in history.  

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   Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66  

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

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 in the year 1887.  

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.