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

Jun 22   In the year 1887 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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 02   In the year 1887 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   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) on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises) on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1887 "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   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 in the year 1887.   

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

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

Jul 29   On this day in history rudi Stephan, composer   

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

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

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

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

Aug 07   In the year 1887 jan HA Eman, Aruban politician   

Aug 08   Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom) in the year 1887.   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

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

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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