Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   In the year 1887 arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist  

Jun 21   On this day in history 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   Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag) in the year 1887.  

Jun 25   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0  

Jul 01   In the year 1887 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   The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi in the year 1887.  

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) 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) 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 in the year 1887.  

Jul 16   "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) in the year 1887.  

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) in the year 1887.  

Jul 26   In the year 1887 1st Esperanto book published  

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

Jul 28   In the year 1887 marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase)  

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) in the year 1887.  

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) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1887 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66  

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   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.  

Feb 10   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 19   In the year 1887 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