Historical Events In 1887

Sep 25   May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904) on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 26   Gramophone patented in Germany on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje) in the year 1887.  

Sep 28   Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72) in the year 1887.  

Sep 28   In the year 1887 gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million  

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

Sep 30   Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG) in the year 1887.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 01   On this day in history balochistan conquered by the British Empire.  

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

Oct 05   Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter in the year 1887.  

Oct 06   On this day in history george Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's)  

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

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

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

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

Oct 11   On this day in history a Miles patents elevator  

Oct 17   On this day in history gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63  

Oct 18   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)  

Oct 18   In the year 1887 start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)  

Oct 20   Addison Richards, Zanesville OH, actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 22   John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions in the year 1887.  

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

Oct 25   Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven) on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1887.  

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 in the year 1887.  

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

Nov 01   Max Trapp, composer in the year 1887.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 01   On this day in history johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66  

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   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 in the year 1887.  

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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