Historical Events In 1887

Nov 02   On this day in history jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67  

Nov 04   In the year 1887 knut Algot Hakanson, composer  

Nov 05   Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand in the year 1887.  

Nov 05   Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship in the year 1887.  

Nov 06   In the year 1887 walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)  

Nov 08   In the year 1887 yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer  

Nov 09   Gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady) in the year 1887.  

Nov 10   In the year 1887 arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun)  

Nov 11   Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed in the year 1887.  

Nov 11   In the year 1887 haymarket defenda  

Nov 11   In the year 1887 roland Young, London England  

Nov 13   In the year 1887 bloody Sunday clashes in central London.  

Nov 14   Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer on this day in history.  

Nov 15   In the year 1887 british SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong  

Nov 15   On this day in history georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull)  

Nov 16   Philip Frohman, US architect in the year 1887.  

Nov 17   On this day in history bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)  

Nov 18   On this day in history eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81  

Nov 19   In the year 1887 emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38  

Nov 19   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG)  

Nov 19   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)  

Nov 20   Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Nov 23   In the year 1887 boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die  

Nov 23   In the year 1887 boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born: actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die  

Nov 23   On this day in history boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein)  

Nov 23   On this day in history notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan  

Nov 23   The birth of Boris Karloff, English actor on this day in history.  

Nov 23   On this day in history the University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the first time in their football rivalry.  

Nov 24   In the year 1887 victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris  

Nov 25   On this day in history johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71  

Nov 28   On this day in history bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian  

Nov 29   On this day in history uS receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii  

Nov 30   1st indoor softball game (Chicago) in the year 1887.  

Nov 30   First indoor softball game (Chicago) in the year 1887.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1887 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   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.  

Feb 10   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

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

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

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