Historical Events In 1887

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

Jun 21   Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jun 25   George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) on this day in history.  

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

Jun 28   In the year 1887 boleslav Vomacka, composer  

Jun 28   On this day in history phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0  

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

Jul 02   Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54) in the year 1887.  

Jul 04   On this day in history the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.  

Jul 05   In the year 1887 august F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies  

Jul 06   In the year 1887 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) in the year 1887.  

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   "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) in the year 1887.  

Jul 16   Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 20   On this day in history willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer  

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   In the year 1887 the first Esperanto book published  

Jul 28   On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase)  

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

Jul 29   Rudi Stephan, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity) in the year 1887.  

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

Aug 03   On this day in history rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)  

Aug 05   In the year 1887 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) in the year 1887.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

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   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

Feb 19   On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

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