Famous Deaths Happened In 1887

Jan 01 Johan hendrik koelman: Portrait painter,  

Jan 07 Abraham i van lier: Dutch actor/director (gran theatre),  

Jan 14 Friedrich von amerling: Austrian painter,  

Jan 17 William giblin: Premier of tasmania (b. 1840)  

Feb 10 Ellen wood: English author (pomeroy abbey),  

Feb 15 Alexander borodin: Composer,  

Feb 19 Eduard douwes dekker: Dutch writer (max havelaar),  

Feb 27 Alexander porfir'yevich borodin: Russian composer,  

Mar 02 August w eichler: German botanist,  

Mar 08 Pavel annenkov: Russian literature historian/critic,  

Mar 16 Emanuel kania: Composer,  

Mar 20 Pavel annenkov: Russian literature historian,  

Mar 24 Ivan kramskoi: Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)  

Mar 28 Ditler g monrad: Danish bishop/premier (1863-..),  

Apr 11 Pyotr petrovich sokal'sky: Composer,  

Apr 20 Muhammad sharif pasha: Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)  

Apr 28 Carl ferdinand pohl: Composer,  

Apr 30 Friedrich wilhelm markull: Composer,  

May 07 C. f. w. walther: American lutheran theologian (b. 1811)  

May 08 Alexander ulyanov: Brother of lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar  

May 11 Jean baptiste boussingault: French chemist (b. 1802)  

May 14 Lysander spooner: American philosopher (b. 1808)  

May 23 Ludwig mathias lindeman: Composer,  

May 27 Coenraad j van houten: Dutch cocoa manufacturer,  

Jun 12 Gustav weber: Composer,  

Jun 21 Adolf schimon: Composer,  

Jul 05 August f pott: German philological (that personennamen),  

Jul 16 Nicaise de keyser: Flemish painter (battle at woeringen),  

Jul 17 Dorothea dix: French social activist (b. 1802)  

Jul 25 John taylor: American religious leader (b. 1808)  

Jul 29 Agostino depretis: Italian statesman  

Aug 08 Alexander william doniphan: American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)  

Aug 14 Richard jeffries: Naturalist/essayist,  

Aug 17 Franz commer: Composer,  

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Jan 01 Wilhelm canaris: German admiral/head german military intelligence  

Jan 03 Helen parkhurst: Us educator (education on the dalton plan)  

Jan 03 August macke: German painter  

Jan 10 Robinson jeffers: Us, poet/playwright (tamar & other poems, medea)  

Jan 11 Aldo leopold: Founder (wilderness society)  

Jan 13 George gurdjieff: Armenian-greek mystic  

Jan 16 John hamilton: Penn, actor (perry white-superman)  

Jan 17 Ola raknes: Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist