Historical Events In 1887

Feb 26   In the year 1887 george Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG  

Feb 26   George Lohmann took first 8-wicket haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG in the year 1887.  

Feb 27   In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53  

Feb 27   On this day in history james D Innes, English painter  

Feb 28   William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) on this day in history.  

Mar 02   In the year 1887 american Trotting Association organized in Detroit  

Mar 02   August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Mar 03   American Protective Assn forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa on this day in history.  

Mar 03   In the year 1887 american Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton IA  

Mar 03   On this day in history anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller  

Mar 05   In the year 1887 heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz)  

Mar 06   In the year 1887 henri Gagnon, composer  

Mar 07   Heino Eller, composer in the year 1887.  

Mar 07   North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly in the year 1887.  

Mar 08   Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in history.  

Mar 08   Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in history.  

Mar 08   Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 08   On this day in history the telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton.  

Mar 09   Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI) in the year 1887.  

Mar 13   In the year 1887 carlos Isamitt, composer  

Mar 13   On this day in history chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs  

Mar 14   On this day in history george Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter  

Mar 15   1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) on this day in history.  

Mar 15   Michigan appoints first salaried game and fish warden in US(William Alden Smith) in the year 1887.  

Mar 16   Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1887.  

Mar 17   Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician in the year 1887.  

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

Mar 21   Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor in the year 1887.  

Mar 22   Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers) in the year 1887.  

Mar 23   In the year 1887 anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)  

Mar 23   On this day in history more than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW.  

Mar 23   In the year 1887 the birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter  

Mar 24   Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) in the year 1887.  

Mar 24   Oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) in the year 1887.  

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1887.  

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   On this day in history birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

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

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 in the year 1887.  

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   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.