Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist in the year 1887.  

Jun 21   Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1887.  

Jun 21   Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in the year 1887.  

Jun 22   On this day in history albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)  

Jun 23   Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag) on this day in history.  

Jun 25   On this day in history george Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)  

Jun 26   Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist on this day in history.  

Jun 28   Boleslav Vomacka, composer in the year 1887.  

Jun 28   On this day in history phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0  

Jul 01   On this day in history charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)  

Jul 02   In the year 1887 marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54)  

Jul 04   On this day in history the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.  

Jul 05   In the year 1887 august F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies  

Jul 06   4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) in the year 1887.  

Jul 07   Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises) on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea) on this day in history.  

Jul 09   The first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer on this day in history.  

Jul 10   In the year 1887 alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer  

Jul 16   In the year 1887 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)  

Jul 16   Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jul 18   Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45) on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1887 willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer  

Jul 22   Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925) on this day in history.  

Jul 26   On this day in history 1st Esperanto book published  

Jul 26   The first Esperanto book published in the year 1887.  

Jul 28   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) in the year 1887.  

Jul 28   On this day in history the birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist  

Jul 29   Rudi Stephan, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity) on this day in history.  

Aug 02   In the year 1887 rowell Hodge patents barbed wire  

Aug 03   Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) in the year 1887.  

Aug 05   Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician in the year 1887.  

Aug 08   Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom) in the year 1887.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born in the year 1887.  

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

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 in the year 1887.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 01   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 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