Famous Deaths Happened In 1887

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14 On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83  

Jan 17 On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

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

Feb 15 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 27 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Mar 02 August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 16 Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Mar 20 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 in the year 1887.  

Mar 24 On this day in history death of ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)  

Mar 28 Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75 in the year 1887.  

Apr 11 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Apr 20 On this day in history death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)  

Apr 28 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1887.  

Apr 30 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

May 07 In the year 1887 death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)  

May 08 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar died on this day in history.  

May 11 Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

May 14 Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) died in the year 1887.  

May 23 On this day in history ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74  

May 27 Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jun 12 On this day in history gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41  

Jun 21 Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1887.  

Jul 05 On this day in history august F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies  

Jul 16 On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73  

Jul 17 In the year 1887 death of dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802)  

Jul 25 In the year 1887 death of john Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808)  

Jul 29 Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813) died in the year 1887.  

Aug 08 In the year 1887 death of alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)  

Aug 14 Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 17 On this day in history franz Commer, composer, dies at 74  

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Jan 01 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 13 In the year 1887 birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16 On this day in history 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.