Historical Events In 1887

Jun 20   Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist in the year 1887.   

Jun 21   Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1887.   

Jun 21   Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

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

Jun 23   In the year 1887 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   Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 in the year 1887.   

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) in the year 1887.   

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   4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1887.   

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

Jul 16   In the year 1887 nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73   

Jul 18   In the year 1887 vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)   

Jul 20   In the year 1887 willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer   

Jul 22   On this day in history gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)   

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

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

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

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

Jul 29   Rudi Stephan, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 02   Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on this day in history.   

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

Aug 05   On this day in history reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)   

Aug 07   In the year 1887 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 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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.   

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

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 in the year 1887.   

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   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   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 19   In the year 1887 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.