Historical Events In 1887

Nov 01   On this day in history the birth of L.S Lowry, English artist; famous for his matchstick figures  

Nov 02   On this day in history jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67  

Nov 04   In the year 1887 knut Algot Hakanson, composer  

Nov 05   Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship in the year 1887.  

Nov 06   Walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218) on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer in the year 1887.  

Nov 09   Gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady) on this day in history.  

Nov 10   Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed in the year 1887.  

Nov 11   In the year 1887 haymarket defenda  

Nov 11   In the year 1887 roland Young, London England  

Nov 13   On this day in history bloody Sunday clashes in central London.  

Nov 14   Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer in the year 1887.  

Nov 15   British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong in the year 1887.  

Nov 15   In the year 1887 georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull)  

Nov 16   On this day in history philip Frohman, US architect  

Nov 17   On this day in history bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)  

Nov 18   On this day in history eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81  

Nov 19   On this day in history emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38  

Nov 19   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG)  

Nov 19   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)  

Nov 20   On this day in history louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77  

Nov 23   In the year 1887 boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die  

Nov 23   On this day in history boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born: actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die  

Nov 23   In the year 1887 boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein)  

Nov 23   Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan in the year 1887.  

Nov 23   The birth of Boris Karloff, English actor on this day in history.  

Nov 23   The University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the first time in their football rivalry in the year 1887.  

Nov 24   In the year 1887 victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris  

Nov 25   In the year 1887 johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71  

Nov 28   In the year 1887 bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian  

Nov 29   In the year 1887 uS receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii  

Nov 30   On this day in history 1st indoor softball game (Chicago)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

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   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   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

Feb 19   On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

Feb 27   In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53