Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist in the year 1887.  

Jun 21   In the year 1887 adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67  

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

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

Jun 23   In the year 1887 ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)  

Jun 25   George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) in the year 1887.  

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

Jun 28   In the year 1887 boleslav Vomacka, composer  

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

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

Jul 02   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 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   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   "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   In the year 1887 willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history 1st Esperanto book published  

Jul 26   On this day in history the first Esperanto book published  

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

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

Aug 02   In the year 1887 rowell Hodge patents barbed wire  

Aug 03   On this day in history rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)  

Aug 05   On this day in history reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)  

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

Aug 08   On this day in history esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1887.  

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53