Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   In the year 1887 arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist  

Jun 21   In the year 1887 adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67  

Jun 21   On this day in history britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria  

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   George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) in the year 1887.  

Jun 26   Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist in the year 1887.  

Jun 28   In the year 1887 boleslav Vomacka, composer  

Jun 28   Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor) on this day in history.  

Jul 02   On this day in history marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54)  

Jul 04   In the year 1887 the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.  

Jul 05   On this day in history august F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies  

Jul 06   On this day in history 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60)  

Jul 07   In the year 1887 dirk Koster, literary (New Noises)  

Jul 09   In the year 1887 samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea)  

Jul 09   In the year 1887 the first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer.  

Jul 10   Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 16   On this day in history "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   On this day in history vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)  

Jul 20   On this day in history willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer  

Jul 22   In the year 1887 gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)  

Jul 26   In the year 1887 1st Esperanto book published  

Jul 26   The first Esperanto book published on this day in history.  

Jul 28   In the year 1887 marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase)  

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

Jul 29   Rudi Stephan, composer in the year 1887.  

Jul 30   On this day in history felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity)  

Aug 02   Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on this day in history.  

Aug 03   In the year 1887 rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)  

Aug 05   Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) in the year 1887.  

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

Aug 08   On this day in history esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)  

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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   In the year 1887 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   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born in the year 1887.  

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   In the year 1887 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   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   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

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

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.