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 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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  

Mar 02 On this day in history august W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47  

Mar 08 In the year 1887 pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73  

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

Mar 20 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 24 In the year 1887 death of ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)  

Mar 28 Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Apr 11 In the year 1887 pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54  

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

Apr 28 On this day in history carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67  

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

May 07 On this day in history death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)  

May 08 On this day in history death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar  

May 11 In the year 1887 death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)  

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

May 23 In the year 1887 ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74  

May 27 In the year 1887 coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86  

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

Jun 21 On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67  

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

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

Jul 17 Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802) died in the year 1887.  

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

Jul 29 In the year 1887 death of agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)  

Aug 08 On this day in history death of alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)  

Aug 14 Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies in the year 1887.  

Aug 17 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03 Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 03 August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10 Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 11 Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 13 On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16 John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born in the year 1887.  

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