Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   On this day in history roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)  

Mar 24   The birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor on this day in history.  

Mar 28   On this day in history ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75  

Mar 28   In the year 1887 rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer  

Mar 30   Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) in the year 1887.  

Mar 31   In the year 1887 jose Maria Usandizaga, composer  

Apr 01   Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist in the year 1887.  

Apr 02   In the year 1887 juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us)  

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) in the year 1887.  

Apr 05   Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller in the year 1887.  

Apr 08   Walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl) on this day in history.  

Apr 10   In the year 1887 bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)  

Apr 10   President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il on this day in history.  

Apr 11   Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Apr 12   In the year 1887 henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo  

Apr 14   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)  

Apr 21   Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer in the year 1887.  

Apr 26   On this day in history cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;  

Apr 26   On this day in history huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity  

Apr 26   Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity in the year 1887.  

Apr 28   In the year 1887 carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67  

Apr 30   1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 on this day in history.  

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

May 01   On this day in history alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)  

May 02   Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's) on this day in history.  

May 02   In the year 1887 g Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence  

May 02   Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film on this day in history.  

May 03   On this day in history in the Sonora, Mexico region a 7.4 earthquake ruptured the Pitaycachi fault  

May 05   Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA on this day in history.  

May 07   Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes) in the year 1887.  

May 08   Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on this day in history.  

May 09   Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London in the year 1887.  

May 09   In the year 1887 jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

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

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.  

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1887.  

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.