1887
1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar).
Events January 20 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. January 21 - The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed January 26 - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians January 28 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are 15 inches (38cm) wide and 8 inches (20cm) thick.
February 2 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. February 5- The Giuseppe Verdi opera "Otello premieres at La Scala February 23 - The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000. February 26 - At the SCG, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings.
March 3 - Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller March 4 - Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile March 13 - Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs
April 4 - Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna Madora Salter as the first female mayor in the United States. April 20 - George Bouton wins the world?s first motor racing contest ? he is the only participant
May 3 - Earthquake in Sonora, Mexico May 9 - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.
June 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator. June 18 - The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia. June 23 - The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. [1] June 28 - Minot, North Dakota is incorporated as a city.
July 26 - L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Language. July 27 - Giuseppe Peano marries Carola Crosio
In London, police and left-wing demonstrators clash. One dead. One of the participants is George Bernard Shaw.
December 25 - Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky first ran from the stills of Glenfiddich Distillery. The whisky is still produced today by William Grant & Sons.
Unknown Dates L. L. Zamenhof completes the creation of the initial version of Esperanto U.S. National Institutes of Health founded Teachers College, later part of Columbia University, is founded Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world Michelson-Morley experiment is performed Gramophone patented by Emile Berliner The New Gate is built in Jerusalem Comptometer patented by Dorr Eugene Felt The first All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals are held Suez Canal is declared neutral Japan annexes Iwo Jima Zululand becomes a British colony Yellow river floods in China - 900,000 dead British nurses association organized Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn founded Spandau Prison in Berlin finished Portugal abolishes death penalty for murder
Births January 1 - Wilhelm Canaris, later head of German Abwehr January 3 - August Macke, painter (d. 1914) January 19 - Alexander Woollcott, intellectual (d. 1943) January 21 - Maude Davis, later Oldest Person in the World (d. 2002) January 28 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist, conductor (d. 1982)
February 1 - Charles Nordhoff, author (d. 1947) February 2 - Pat Sullivan, Australian director and producer of animated films, alleged co-creator of Felix the Cat February 3 - Georg Trakl, poet (d. 1914) February 6 - Josef Frings, archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978) February 11 - Ernst Hanfstängl, German/US pianist/politician. February 11 - John van Melle South African writer February 18 - Nikos Kazantzakis, poet (d. 1957) February 20 - Carl Ebert, opera manager and director (d. 1980) February 20 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. 1967) February 26 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1950)
March 3 - Rupert Brooke, poet March 5 - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959) March 9 - Phil Mead, prolific Hampshire and England left-handed batsman (d. 1958) March 14 - Sylvia Beach, publisher March 22 - Chico Marx, comedian, actor (d. 1961) March 23 - Juan Gris, painter and graphic artist (d. 1927) March 23 - Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967) March 24 - Fatty Arbuckle, actor (d. 1933)
May 2 - Eddie Collins, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1951) May 5 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972) May 11 - Paul Wittgenstein, pianist May 26 - Paul Lukas, actor (d. 1971) May 28 - Jim Thorpe, athlete (d. 1953) May 31 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (d. 1975)
June 2 - Orrick Johns, poet & playwright June 22 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975) June 25 - George Abbott, playwright
July 7 - Marc Chagall, painter July 16 - Joe Jackson, baseball player July 18 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician and famous traitor July 22 - Gustav Hertz, physicist July 28 - Marcel Duchamp, artist July 29 - Sigmund Romberg, composer (d. 1951)
August 12 - Erwin Schrödinger, physicist August 15 - Edna Ferber, novelist August 17 - Emperor Karl of Austria August 17 - Marcus Mosiah Garvey, publisher, entrepreneur, black nationalist (d. 1940) August 20 - Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) August 24 - Harry Hooper, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1974)
September 1 - Blaise Cendrars, writer September 3 - Frank Christian, jazz musician (d. 1973) September 16 - Kamato Hongo, later Oldest Person in the World. September 28 - Avery Brundage, American sports official
October 6 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965) October 8 - Huntley Gordon, pioneer Hollywood actor (d. 1956) October 22 - John Reed, journalist (d. 1920) October 31 - Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Nationalist
November 6 - Walter Johnson, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1946) November 10 - Arnold Zweig, German writer (d. 1968) November 17 - Bernard Montgomery, famous WWII British commander
December 12 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer December 22 - Srinivasa Aaiyangar Ramanujan, Indian mathematician
Deaths February 27 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (b. 1833) March 8 - Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (b. 1813) May 14 - Lysander Spooner, individualist anarchist (b. 1808) July 17 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (b. 1802) July 25 - John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808) August 8 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) August 20 - Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) October 17 - Gustav Kirchhoff, physicist November 2 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820) November 8 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (b. 1851) November 19 - Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1859) December 5 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804)
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