Historical Events In 1887

Nov 01   In the year 1887 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 06   On this day in history walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)  

Nov 08   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1887 anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed.  

Nov 11   On this day in history haymarket defenda  

Nov 11   Roland Young, London England on this day in history.  

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

Nov 14   Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer on this day in history.  

Nov 15   On this day in history british SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong  

Nov 15   Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull) on this day in history.  

Nov 16   In the year 1887 philip Frohman, US architect  

Nov 17   Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign) on this day in history.  

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   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG) in the year 1887.  

Nov 19   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG) on this day in history.  

Nov 20   Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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   Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born: actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die in the year 1887.  

Nov 23   Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein) on this day in history.  

Nov 23   On this day in history notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan  

Nov 23   The birth of Boris Karloff, English actor in the year 1887.  

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

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

Nov 25   Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Nov 28   Bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian in the year 1887.  

Nov 29   US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii on this day in history.  

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

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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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

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   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.