Historical Events In 1887

Sep 26   Antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers) on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone on this day in history.  

Sep 26   On this day in history gramophone patented in Germany  

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   On this day in history billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor (White Sin)  

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

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

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

Oct 01   Balochistan conquered by the British Empire in the year 1887.  

Oct 04   On this day in history francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian)  

Oct 05   In the year 1887 max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter  

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

Oct 07   A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I) on this day in history.  

Oct 07   George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   In the year 1887 phillies set club record 16th straight victory  

Oct 10   Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author in the year 1887.  

Oct 11   A Miles patents elevator in the year 1887.  

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

Oct 20   Addison Richards, Zanesville OH, actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees) in the year 1887.  

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

Oct 22   John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions in the year 1887.  

Oct 24   In the year 1887 victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso  

Oct 25   Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 31   George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagñol," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Max Trapp, composer in the year 1887.  

Nov 01   On this day in history the birth of L.S Lowry, English artist; famous for his matchstick figures  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1887 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   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

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 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   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