Famous Deaths Happened In 1887

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

Feb 10 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 in the year 1887.  

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

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

Feb 27 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.  

Mar 02 August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 in the year 1887.  

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 Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

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

Apr 11 On this day in history pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54  

Apr 20 In the year 1887 death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)  

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

Apr 30 In the year 1887 friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71  

May 07 C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) died in the year 1887.  

May 08 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar died in the year 1887.  

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

May 14 Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1887.  

Jun 12 Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Jun 21 In the year 1887 adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67  

Jul 05 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies in the year 1887.  

Jul 16 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jul 17 Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

Jul 25 John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808) died in the year 1887.  

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 On this day in history richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies  

Aug 17 In the year 1887 franz Commer, composer, dies at 74  

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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 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 On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16 In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

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