Page 6: Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   On this day in history arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist   

Jun 21   On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67   

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

Jun 22   Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse) in the year 1887.   

Jun 23   Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag) in the year 1887.   

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

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

Jun 28   On this day in history boleslav Vomacka, composer   

Jun 28   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history 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   August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies in the year 1887.   

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

Jul 07   On this day in history dirk Koster, literary (New Noises)   

Jul 09   Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea) in the year 1887.   

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 18   In the year 1887 vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)   

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

Jul 22   On this day in history gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)   

Jul 26   1st Esperanto book published in the year 1887.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1887 rudi Stephan, composer   

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

Aug 02   Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire in the year 1887.   

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

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   In the year 1887 esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

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   On this day in history 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   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.