Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 28   Boleslav Vomacka, composer in the year 1887.   

Jun 28   In the year 1887 phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0   

Jul 01   In the year 1887 charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)   

Jul 02   Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54) in the year 1887.   

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   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   On this day in history samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea)   

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   Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer in the year 1887.   

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

Jul 16   In the year 1887 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   Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer in the year 1887.   

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

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

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

Jul 28   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1887 rowell Hodge patents barbed wire   

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

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

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

Aug 08   In the year 1887 esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)   

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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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

Jan 17   In the year 1887 birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)   

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

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

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   In the year 1887 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.