Historical Events In 1887

Sep 26   Antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers) in the year 1887.  

Sep 26   Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone on this day in history.  

Sep 26   In the year 1887 gramophone patented in Germany  

Sep 27   In the year 1887 anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje)  

Sep 28   Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72) on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million on this day in history.  

Sep 29   Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor (White Sin) in the year 1887.  

Sep 30   Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure "The Five Orange Pips" (BG) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup in the year 1887.  

Oct 01   Balochistan conquered by the British Empire in the year 1887.  

Oct 04   Francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian) in the year 1887.  

Oct 05   In the year 1887 max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter  

Oct 06   George Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's) in the year 1887.  

Oct 07   On this day in history a C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I)  

Oct 07   In the year 1887 george James Webb, composer, dies at 84  

Oct 08   Phillies set club record 16th straight victory on this day in history.  

Oct 10   Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author in the year 1887.  

Oct 11   On this day in history a Miles patents elevator  

Oct 17   Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 in the year 1887.  

Oct 18   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) on this day in history.  

Oct 18   Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) on this day in history.  

Oct 20   On this day in history addison Richards, Zanesville OH, actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees)  

Oct 21   Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3 in the year 1887.  

Oct 22   In the year 1887 john Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions  

Oct 24   Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso in the year 1887.  

Oct 25   On this day in history willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven)  

Oct 26   Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series on this day in history.  

Oct 30   In the year 1887 eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato)  

Oct 31   Chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, pres of Nationalist China in the year 1887.  

Oct 31   George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagñol," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.  

Nov 01   On this day in history max Trapp, composer  

Nov 01   The birth of L.S Lowry, English artist; famous for his matchstick figures in the year 1887.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1887 birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

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

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 14   On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.  

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.