Famous Deaths Happened In 1887

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

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

Jan 14 In the year 1887 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

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 In the year 1887 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 On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59  

Mar 20 On this day in history 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 In the year 1887 ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75  

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

Apr 30 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1887.  

May 07 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)  

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

May 23 Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

May 27 On this day in history coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86  

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

Jul 29 On this day in history death of agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)  

Aug 08 Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 In the year 1887 birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)  

Jan 03 In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10 In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

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

Jan 13 George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 17 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.