What is 1887?
Events
January–March
- – 's
anti- treatment is defended in the
, by Dr. Joseph
Grancher.
-
- The
allows the Navy to lease
as a naval base.
- British emigrant ship
sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303
with only 16 survivors.
-
- The
(AAU) is formed in the United States.
- receives a one-day rainfall of
(a record for any Australian capital city).
- – :
troops defeat the Italians.
-
- In a snowstorm at ,
, the largest
on record are reported. They
are wide and thick.
- Construction work begins on the foundations of the in Paris, France.
- – The first is observed in .
- – The , passed by the
, is signed into
law by President .
- – The opera
premieres at , Milan.
- – The , or the General Allotment Act, is enacted
in the United States.
- – The is hit by a large earthquake,
killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean.
- – At the , becomes the first
to take eight wickets, in a
innings.
- – begins teaching .<img src="Helenkellerannesullivan1898.jpg"
title=" March 3: Helen Keller and Sullivan." width="125"
alt=" March 3: Helen Keller and Sullivan." />
- – is
established, as North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts.
- – patents
in the United States.
April–June
- – The final of the first All-Ireland
Championship is held.
- – , elects as the first female mayor in
the United States.
- (Easter Sunday) – The is
founded in Washington, D.C.
- – is founded in .
- – : A French/German border
incident nearly leads to war between the two countries.
- – An
hits
, Mexico.
- – 's Wild West Show opens in London.
- – The cornerstone of the new , in northern
, is laid (the college opens in
).
- – The begins: 34 Chinese gold
miners are ambushed and murdered in , ,
United States.
- – receives a U.S.
for his .
- – The is closed between Germany and
Russia.
-
- The celebrates
's , marking
the 50th year of her reign.
- becomes a British colony.
- – The becomes law in Canada,
creating that nation's first , .
<figure>
<img src="Moraine_Lake_17092005.jpg"
title=" June 23: Banff National Park" width="110"
alt=" June 23: Banff National Park" />
<figcaption aria-hidden="true"> <a href="June_23" title="wikilink">June
23</a>: Banff National Park</figcaption>
</figure>
- – is incorporated as a city.
- – The is established in
, Australia.
July–September
- – operates the first working
at
, Scotland.
- – Construction of the iron structure of
the starts in Paris, France.
- – King
of is forced by
anti-monarchists to sign the '',
stripping the of
much of its authority, as well as
most , all
and the poor.
- – , the Danish football team, is
founded as the Odense Cricket Club.
- – receives the first U.S. patent
for his .
-
- publishes "" (Dr. Esperanto's International
Language), the first description of
, the
.
- is created in
England, U.K.
- – The earliest constituent of the U.S.
is established at
the Marine Hospital, , as
the Laboratory of Hygiene.
- – ends his term as President
of .
- – of Scotland defeats of England to win the
'Championship of the World', after the two teams win the
Cup
competitions in their respective countries.
- – The , England, burns down,
killing 186 people.
- – The begins in China, killing
900,000 to 2,000,000 people.
<figure>
<img src="Flag_of_Esperanto.svg" title=" July 26: Esperanto" width="135"
alt=" July 26: Esperanto" />
<figcaption aria-hidden="true"> <a href="July_26" title="wikilink">July
26</a>: <a href="Esperanto" title="wikilink">Esperanto</a></figcaption>
</figure>
October–December
- – The takes over
.
- – opens its doors in
.
- – , the global and
brand, is founded as Yamaha
Organ Manufacturing in ,
Japan.
-
- Results of the are
published, indicating that the speed of light is independent of
motion.
- 's detective
character makes
his first appearance, in the novel , published in
.
- – The , the
of the in Portugal, is founded.
- – The club is formed in
, Scotland, by Irish
, to help alleviate poverty in
the city's East End by raising money for his charity, the 'Poor
Children's Dinner Table'.
- – is granted a U.S. patent for
the .
- – , sentenced to be hanged for his
alleged role in the
(a bombing in Chicago on ,
), kills himself by
.
- – , , and are hanged for inciting riot and
murder in the .
- – : Police in London clash
with radical and
protesters.
- – The International Bureau of
is
established.
- –
single malt Scotch whisky is
first produced.
Date unknown
- and are
added to French .
- discovers the
on the
production and reception of electromagnetic (EM) waves (radio); this
is an important step towards the understanding of the quantum nature
of light.
- publishes "Über
freie Körper in den Gelenken" in the medical journal Deutsche
Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, describing (and naming) the disease
for the first time.
- , later
part of , is
founded.
- The first English-language edition of ' 1844 study of ,
translated by , is
published in .
- Publication in of 's El anacronópete, the
first work of fiction to feature a .
- Publication begins of 's (Ukigumo), the first modern
novel in Japan.
- The is founded.
- Nagase Shoten (長瀬商店), predecessor of
and
, is founded in
, ,
Japan.
- Tokyo Fire Insurance, predecessor of , is
founded.
- Global and company
is founded in
, .
- American financial services company is founded by General in , Missouri.
- , a pioneer
in coal unloading equipment, is founded by Edmund W. Heyl and
William J. Patterson in ,
Pennsylvania.
- The first is used on the
.
Births
January–February
<img src="Kallay_Miklos_1942.jpg" title="Miklós Kállay" width="100"
alt="Miklós Kállay" /> <img src="Arturrubenstein.jpg" title="Arthur Rubinstein" width="100"
alt="Arthur Rubinstein" /> <img src="Farrel.jpg" title="Edelmiro Julián Farrell" width="100"
alt="Edelmiro Julián Farrell" /> <img src="Joseph_Bech_(detail).jpg" title="Joseph Bech" width="100"
alt="Joseph Bech" /> <img src="Chico_Marx_-_signed.jpg" title="Chico Marx" width="100"
alt="Chico Marx" />
-
- , head of German
military intelligence in
(d. )
- ,
German World War I fighter ace (d. )
- – , German painter (d.
)
- – , American poet (d.
)
- – , pioneer Peruvian aviator (d.
)
- – , Norwegian psychoanalyst, philologist
(d. )
- – , American intellectual
(d. )
- – , (d. )
- – , American aviator, first
United States Coast Guard aviator (d. )
-
- , 34th prime minister
of Hungary (d. )
- ,
American-born philanthropist, social activist (d.
)
- – , Polish-born pianist and
conductor (d. )
- – , Austrian poet (d.
)
- – , Romanian general (d.
)
- – , Archbishop of Cologne (d.
)
- – , American scientist,
recipient of the (d.
)
- – , German-born pianist,
U.S. politician (d. )
- – , Argentine general,
28th (d.
)
-
- , Luxembourgish politician,
2-time prime minister of Luxembourg (d.
)
- , Finnish composer
(d. )
- – , Governor General of Canada (d.
)
- – , Japanese general (d.
)
March–April
<img src="Julian_Huxley_1964.jpg" title="Julian Huxley" width="100"
alt="Julian Huxley" /> <img src="Chagall_France_1921.jpg" title="Marc Chagall" width="100"
alt="Marc Chagall" /> <img src="Gustav_Hertz.jpg" title="Gustav Ludwig Hertz" width="100"
alt="Gustav Ludwig Hertz" /> <img src="Erwin_Schrödinger_(1933).jpg" title="Erwin Schrödinger"
width="100" alt="Erwin Schrödinger" /> <img src="Giovanni_Gronchi.jpg" title="Giovanni Gronchi" width="100"
alt="Giovanni Gronchi" />
- – , American Broadway theatre
actress (d. )
-
- ,
American professional football player (d.
)
- , Brazilian
composer (d. )
- – , American film director (d.
)
- – , American general (d.
)
-
- , American publisher in
Paris (d. )
- , American , film director (d.
)
- – , Romanian general and politician (d.
)
- – (d.
)
- – , American comedian and actor (d.
)
-
- , Spanish-born painter, graphic
artist (d. )
- Prince , Russian
assassin of (d.
)
- – , American actor, comedian,
film director, and screenwriter (d. )
- – , Japanese admiral (d.
)
- – ,
Italian Franciscan Capuchin, mystic and Catholic saint (d.
)
- – , German politician (d.
)
- – , Japanese admiral (d.
)
- – , Argentine physiologist,
laureate (d. )
- – , American film actor
(d.)
-
- , American golfer
(d. )
- , Austrian tennis player
(d. )
- – , Danish mathematician and footballer
(d. )
- – , prominent African critic
of the French colonial empire in Africa (d. )
May– June
<figure>
<img src="Saint-John_Perse_1960.jpg" title="Saint-John Perse"
width="100" alt="Saint-John Perse" />
<figcaption aria-hidden="true"><a href="Saint-John_Perse"
title="wikilink">Saint-John Perse</a></figcaption>
</figure>
-
- , British dancer (d.
)
- , American baseball
player (d. )
- – , (d.
)
- – , Austrian-born pianist
(d. )
- – , American admiral (d.
)
- – ,
American athlete (d. )
- – , English historian (d.
)
- – , Italian saint (d.
)
- – ,
Hungarian-born actor (d. )
- – , French diplomat, writer and
laureate (d.
)
- – , Italian
philosopher (d. )
- – , Canadian distance runner (d.
)
- – , American anthropologist (d.
)
- – ,
Spanish Nationalist commander (d. )
- – , French
politician, diplomat (d. )
-
- , British biologist (d.
)
- , Spanish sailor (d.
)
- – , Polish opera singer (d.
)
July– August
-
- Maria Isidia da Conceição, Brazilian supercentenarian
- , American admiral (d.
)
- – ,
Danish actor (d. )
- – , Australian professional
swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, writer and business owner
(d. )
- – , Russian-born painter (d.
)
- – , American historian (d.
)
- – , Romanian admiral (d.
)
- – , American jurist (d.
)
- – , American baseball player
(d. )
- – , Norwegian politician, traitor
(d. )
- – , Peruvian historian and
politician (d. )
- – , German physicist, laureate (d. )
- – , French-born artist (d.
)
-
- , Hungarian-born
composer (d. )
- , Japanese
diplomat and politician (d. )
- – , Japanese general (d.
)
-
- , British war poet (d.
)
- , Finnish journalist,
trade unionist, and revolutionary (d. ?)
- – , American jazz musician (d.
)
- – , English-born film composer (d.
)
- – , Austrian physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. )
- – , American inventor, banker (d.
)
-
- Emperor
(d. )
- , African American
publisher, entrepreneur and (d.
)
- – , British
trade unionist (d. )
- – , American baseball player (d.
)
- – , American actress (d.
)
September–October
<img src="Avery_Brundage_1964.jpg" title="Avery Brundage" width="100"
alt="Avery Brundage" /> <img src="Le_Corbusier_1933.JPG" title="Le Corbusier" width="100"
alt="Le Corbusier" /> <img src="Chiang_Kai-shek_Colour.jpg" title="Chiang Kai-shek"
width="100" alt="Chiang Kai-shek" />
- – , Swiss writer (d.
)
- – , American jazz
musician (d. )
- – , American actress (d.
)
- – , American general (d.
)
- – , American Republican politician,
presidential candidate (d. )
- – , 3rd president of Italy (d.
)
- – , Azerbaijani
statesman, writer and claimed "core author" of novel (d. in
)
-
- , British admiral
(d. )
- , Croatian chemist,
laureate (d.
)
- ,
Physicist and researcher, known for the Gray code (d.
)
- – , French composer and
composition teacher (d. )
- – ,
British aviator, first airman to receive the Victoria Cross (d.
)
- – , American sports official (d.
)
- – , Argentine-born British survivor (d.
)
- – , American admiral, 3rd
Military Governor of Guam (d. )
- – , French judge, recipient of the
(d.
)
- – , Swiss architect (d.
)
- – , Canadian-born actor (d.
)
- – , Prime Minister of Slovakia (d.
)
- – , Finnish composer (d.
)
- – , Japanese general (d.
)
- – , Japanese prince (d.
)
- – , American journalist (d.
)
- – , Austrian-born German general
(d. )
- – , Queen
Consort of Spain (d. )
- – , Australian rules footballer (d.
)
- – , 1st president of the Republic
of China (d. )
November - December
<img
src="General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England,_1943_TR1037_(cropped).jpg"
title="Bernard Montgomery" width="100" alt="Bernard Montgomery" /> <img src="Boris_Karloff.jpg" title="Boris Karloff" width="100"
alt="Boris Karloff" /> <img src="Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757,_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg"
title="Erich von Manstein" width="100" alt="Erich von Manstein" />
- – , English painter (d.
)
- – , American baseball player (d.
)
- – , German writer (d.
)
-
- , German
general, pre-World War II
commander (d. )
- , English actor (d.
)
- – , Portuguese painter (d.
)
- – , American painter (d.
)
- – , British World War II
commander (d. )
- – , American chemist, Nobel Prize
laureate (d. )
-
- , British horror film
actor (d. )
- , English physicist (d.
)
- – , German field marshal (d.
)
- – , Russian and Soviet agronomist,
botanist and geneticist (d. )
- – , Japanese general (d.
)
-
- , Curaçao-born composer (d.
)
- , German Nazi SA leader (d.
)
- – , Australian swimmer, diver, and
aquatic performer (d. )
- – , former prime
minister of Japan (d. )
- – , British-born actress (d.
)
- – , Swedish composer (d.
)
- – , American hero (d. )
- – , Italian politician, 35th (d.
)
- – , Indian
mathematician (d. )
- – , American hotelier (d.
)
- – , British general (d.
)
Deaths
January–June
- – ,
British politician (b. )
- – , Dutch writer (b.
)
- – , first Indian woman doctor (b.
)
- – , Russian composer (b.
)
- – , British actor, singer,
director and manager (b. )
- – , American clergyman,
reformer (b. )
-
- , French
general and statesman (b. )
- , American musician,
civil rights activist (b. )
- , Russian painter (b.
)
- – , Danish politician (b.
)
- – , American actor (b.
)
- – , Swiss-American Confederate
propagandist (b. )
- – , Welsh poet (b.
)
- – , German-American theologian
(b. )
- – , Russian revolutionary,
brother of V. I. Lenin (b. )
- – , American philosopher and
abolitionist (b. )
- – ,
(b.
)
- – , British inventor of the rugby
ball, the India-rubber inflatable bladder and the brass hand pump
for the same (b. )
July–December
<figure>
<img src="Gustav_Robert_Kirchhoff.jpg" title="Gustav Kirchhoff"
width="110" alt="Gustav Kirchhoff" />
<figcaption aria-hidden="true"><a href="Gustav_Kirchhoff"
title="wikilink">Gustav Kirchhoff</a></figcaption>
</figure>
- – , English landscape painter (b.
)
- – , American social activist (b.
)
- – , American religious leader
(b. )
- – , American lawyer,
soldier (b. )
-
- , English civil
engineer (b. )
- , German-born
New Zealand geologist (b. )
-
- , American telescope
manufacturer (b. )
- ,
American naturalist and museum curator (b.
)
- – , French poet (b.
)
- – , Prussian general (b.
)
- – , English novelist and poet (b.
)
- – , German physicist (b.
)
- – , French admiral,
statesman (b. )
- – , Prussian general (d.
)
- – , British composer
and musicologist (b. )
-
- , Swedish soprano (b.
)
- , 4th (b.
)
- – , American gambler, gunfighter (b.
)
- – , American poet (b.
)
- – , German experimental
psychologist (b. )
- – , British
diplomat (b. )
- – , British diplomat,
mineralogist and spectroscopist (b. )
- – , British
parson (b. )
Date unknown
- , Swedish perfume
entrepreneur (b. )
References
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