Historical Events In 1887

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

Nov 02   Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 in the year 1887.  

Nov 04   On this day in history knut Algot Hakanson, composer  

Nov 05   On this day in history oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand  

Nov 05   On this day in history ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship  

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   On this day in history gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady)  

Nov 10   On this day in history arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun)  

Nov 11   On this day in history anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed.  

Nov 11   Haymarket defenda on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Roland Young, London England in the year 1887.  

Nov 13   Bloody Sunday clashes in central London on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1887 bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer  

Nov 15   In the year 1887 british SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong  

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   Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign) in the year 1887.  

Nov 18   Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Nov 19   Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38 in the year 1887.  

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

Nov 19   In the year 1887 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   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 on this day in history.  

Nov 23   Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein) in the year 1887.  

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   On this day in history the University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the first time in their football rivalry.  

Nov 24   Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris in the year 1887.  

Nov 25   Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 in the year 1887.  

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

Nov 29   US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii in the year 1887.  

Nov 30   1st indoor softball game (Chicago) 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   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 in the year 1887.  

Jan 17   In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

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

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

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