Page 6: Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in the year 1887.   

Jun 22   In the year 1887 albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)   

Jun 23   On this day in history ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)   

Jun 25   George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) in the year 1887.   

Jun 26   In the year 1887 anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist   

Jun 28   In the year 1887 boleslav Vomacka, composer   

Jun 28   On this day in history phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0   

Jul 01   Charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor) on this day in history.   

Jul 02   In the year 1887 marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54)   

Jul 04   The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi in the year 1887.   

Jul 05   In the year 1887 august F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies   

Jul 06   In the year 1887 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60)   

Jul 07   In the year 1887 dirk Koster, literary (New Noises)   

Jul 09   In the year 1887 samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea)   

Jul 09   The first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer in the year 1887.   

Jul 16   "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) on this day in history.   

Jul 16   On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73   

Jul 18   On this day in history vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)   

Jul 20   Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

Jul 22   Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925) in the year 1887.   

Jul 26   1st Esperanto book published in the year 1887.   

Jul 26   On this day in history the first Esperanto book published   

Jul 28   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) in the year 1887.   

Jul 28   In the year 1887 the birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist   

Jul 29   Rudi Stephan, composer in the year 1887.   

Jul 30   Felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity) in the year 1887.   

Aug 02   On this day in history rowell Hodge patents barbed wire   

Aug 03   Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) in the year 1887.   

Aug 05   Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) on this day in history.   

Aug 07   On this day in history jan HA Eman, Aruban politician   

Aug 08   On this day in history esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)   

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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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

Jan 14   In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

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

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.