Jan 01 Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.
Jan 07 Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 in the year 1887.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 15 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.
Feb 19 In the year 1887 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