Historical Events In 1887

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

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

Jun 21   Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria on this day in history.  

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

Jun 23   On this day in history ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)  

Jun 25   In the year 1887 george Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)  

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

Jun 28   In the year 1887 boleslav Vomacka, composer  

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

Jul 01   Charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor) in the year 1887.  

Jul 02   Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54) on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 07   Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises) in the year 1887.  

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   In the year 1887 alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer  

Jul 16   On this day in history "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)  

Jul 16   On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 28   The birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist in the year 1887.  

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

Jul 30   In the year 1887 felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity)  

Aug 02   On this day in history rowell Hodge patents barbed wire  

Aug 03   Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) on this day in history.  

Aug 05   In the year 1887 reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)  

Aug 07   On this day in history jan HA Eman, Aruban politician  

Aug 08   Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.  

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   In the year 1887 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   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

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