Historical Events In 1887

Sep 25   May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904) in the year 1887.  

Sep 26   On this day in history antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers)  

Sep 26   Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone in the year 1887.  

Sep 26   Gramophone patented in Germany in the year 1887.  

Sep 27   Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje) in the year 1887.  

Sep 28   Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72) in the year 1887.  

Sep 28   On this day in history gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million  

Sep 29   In the year 1887 billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor (White Sin)  

Sep 30   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG)  

Sep 30   Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure "The Five Orange Pips" (BG) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   In the year 1887 volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup  

Oct 01   On this day in history balochistan conquered by the British Empire.  

Oct 04   Francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian) in the year 1887.  

Oct 05   On this day in history max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter  

Oct 06   George Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's) on this day in history.  

Oct 07   A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I) in the year 1887.  

Oct 07   On this day in history george James Webb, composer, dies at 84  

Oct 08   Phillies set club record 16th straight victory in the year 1887.  

Oct 10   In the year 1887 rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author  

Oct 11   On this day in history a Miles patents elevator  

Oct 17   Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Oct 18   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) on this day in history.  

Oct 18   In the year 1887 start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)  

Oct 20   On this day in history addison Richards, Zanesville OH, actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees)  

Oct 21   Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3 in the year 1887.  

Oct 22   In the year 1887 john Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions  

Oct 24   On this day in history victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso  

Oct 25   Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven) in the year 1887.  

Oct 26   In the year 1887 detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series  

Oct 30   Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato) on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, pres of Nationalist China in the year 1887.  

Oct 31   On this day in history george Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74  

Oct 31   Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagñol," premieres in St Petersburg in the year 1887.  

Nov 01   Max Trapp, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

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   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

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

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53