Page 6: Historical Events In 1887

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

Jun 21   On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67   

Jun 21   In the year 1887 britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria   

Jun 22   Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history boleslav Vomacka, composer   

Jun 28   In the year 1887 phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0   

Jul 01   In the year 1887 charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)   

Jul 02   Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 06   On this day in history 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60)   

Jul 07   Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises) in the year 1887.   

Jul 09   Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea) on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1887 the first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer.   

Jul 10   Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1887 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)   

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   In the year 1887 willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer   

Jul 22   In the year 1887 gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)   

Jul 26   On this day in history 1st Esperanto book published   

Jul 26   In the year 1887 the first Esperanto book published   

Jul 28   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history the birth of Marcel Duchamp, French artist   

Jul 29   On this day in history rudi Stephan, composer   

Jul 30   Felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity) on this day in history.   

Aug 02   Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire in the year 1887.   

Aug 03   Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 07   Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician on this day in history.   

Aug 08   In the year 1887 esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)   

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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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

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   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

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   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.