Page 6: 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   In the year 1887 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) on this day in history.   

Jun 25   George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) on this day in history.   

Jun 26   On this day in history anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist   

Jun 28   Boleslav Vomacka, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 in the year 1887.   

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

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

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

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

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   In the year 1887 alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer   

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 26   1st Esperanto book published on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 28   In the year 1887 the birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist   

Jul 29   On this day in history 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   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   Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician in the year 1887.   

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

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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 in the year 1887.   

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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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.