Famous Deaths Happened In 1887

Jan 01 On this day in history johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66  

Jan 07 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history 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 August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 24 Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 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 Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1887.  

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 On this day in history death of dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802)  

Jul 25 In the year 1887 death of john Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808)  

Jul 29 Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813) died in the year 1887.  

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 Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 11 In the year 1887 birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 13 In the year 1887 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 In the year 1887 birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)