Historical Events In 1887

Sep 25   In the year 1887 may Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904)  

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

Sep 26   Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone in the year 1887.  

Sep 26   Gramophone patented in Germany in the year 1887.  

Sep 27   Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1887.  

Sep 29   On this day in history billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor (White Sin)  

Sep 30   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG)  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 04   On this day in history francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian)  

Oct 05   On this day in history max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter  

Oct 06   In the year 1887 george Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's)  

Oct 07   In the year 1887 a C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I)  

Oct 07   George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1887.  

Oct 08   In the year 1887 phillies set club record 16th straight victory  

Oct 10   In the year 1887 rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author  

Oct 11   A Miles patents elevator on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1887.  

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

Oct 20   Addison Richards, Zanesville OH, actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees) in the year 1887.  

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   John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso  

Oct 25   In the year 1887 willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven)  

Oct 26   In the year 1887 detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series  

Oct 30   Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato) on this day in history.  

Oct 31   On this day in history chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, pres of Nationalist China  

Oct 31   George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1887.  

Oct 31   Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagñol," premieres in St Petersburg in the year 1887.  

Nov 01   In the year 1887 max Trapp, composer  

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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   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1887.  

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   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.  

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

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