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   On this day in history britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria  

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

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

Jun 25   George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) in the year 1887.  

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

Jun 28   In the year 1887 boleslav Vomacka, composer  

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

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

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   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) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 09   In the year 1887 samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea)  

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   On this day in history alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer  

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

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

Jul 18   In the year 1887 vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)  

Jul 20   In the year 1887 willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer  

Jul 22   In the year 1887 gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)  

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) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 29   Rudi Stephan, composer in the year 1887.  

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

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

Aug 03   Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) on this day in history.  

Aug 05   Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician on this day in history.  

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   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.