Historical Events In 1887

Nov 30   First indoor softball game (Chicago) in the year 1887.  

Dec 01   On this day in history albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78  

Dec 01   Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet" in the year 1887.  

Dec 01   On this day in history sherlock Holmes first appears in print "A Study In Scarlet"  

Dec 01   On this day in history sherlock Holmes first appears in print: "A Study In Scarlet"  

Dec 01   On this day in history sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao  

Dec 02   Amsterdam's Oscar Carrés Circus Theater opens in the year 1887.  

Dec 02   On this day in history the First public reading of a Charles Dickens book in US (New York NY)  

Dec 05   In the year 1887 stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo  

Dec 06   In the year 1887 joseph Lamb, composer  

Dec 07   On this day in history ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre)  

Dec 08   Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 09   In the year 1887 mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader  

Dec 10   Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great-Britain signs military treaty of Balkan in the year 1887.  

Dec 12   On this day in history kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer  

Dec 15   On this day in history pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of the Dutch Tribe)  

Dec 17   Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Dec 19   In the year 1887 jake Kilrain & Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw  

Dec 19   In the year 1887 jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw  

Dec 23   In the year 1887 eric Blore, London England, actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad)  

Dec 24   On this day in history louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)  

Dec 25   In the year 1887 conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels)  

Dec 26   In the year 1887 jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40  

Dec 27   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" (BG) in the year 1887.  

Dec 27   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle" (BG)  

Dec 28   On this day in history charles Dingle  

Dec 28   On this day in history sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted  

Dec 28   In the year 1887 sir John Layton Jarvis, first British race horse trainer knighted  

Dec 29   Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer in the year 1887.  

Dec 30   Henry George Ley, composer in the year 1887.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

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

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.  

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

Jan 07   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.  

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.  

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53