Famous Deaths In 1887

Jan 01 In the year 1887 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66  

Jan 07 Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 in the year 1887.  

Jan 14 On this day in history 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 in the year 1887.  

Feb 15 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 19 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 in the year 1887.  

Mar 16 In the year 1887 emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59  

Mar 20 In the year 1887 pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73  

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 In the year 1887 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 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

May 08 In the year 1887 death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar  

May 11 Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) died in the year 1887.  

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 Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1887.  

Jun 21 Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 16 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 in the year 1887.  

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

Jul 25 On this day in history death of john Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808)  

Jul 29 On this day in history 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 In the year 1887 richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies  

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

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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 in the year 1887.  

Jan 10 Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born in the year 1887.