Notable Historical Events - 1887
1887 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 4 |
Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF) |
Jan 5 |
1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University |
Jan 6 |
`Abd-allah II of Harar opens the Battle of Chelenqo with an attack on the camp of the Shewan army of Negus Menelik II. |
Jan 16 |
Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes |
Jan 20 |
US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor |
Jan 21 |
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms |
Jan 21 |
Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city. |
Jan 26 |
Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians |
Jan 28 |
England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever |
Jan 28 |
In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. |
Feb 1 |
Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood) |
Feb 2 |
In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. |
Feb 3 |
To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act |
Feb 4 |
Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads |
Feb 5 |
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy |
Feb 5 |
Snow falls on San Francisco |
Feb 8 |
Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club |
Feb 8 |
Under the Dawes Act indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship |
Feb 8 |
The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments. |
Feb 14 |
Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 |
Feb 16 |
1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY) |
Feb 16 |
Eduard Douwes Dekker writes his last text (Lf8-c5) |
Feb 20 |
1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh) |
Feb 20 |
Germany, Austria-Hungary & France end Triple Alliance |
Feb 21 |
1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) |
Feb 21 |
Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday |
Feb 22 |
Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati |
Feb 23 |
Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF |
Feb 23 |
French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die |
Feb 26 |
George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG |
Mar 2 |
American Trotting Association organized in Detroit |
Mar 3 |
American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa |
Mar 3 |
Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller |
Mar 7 |
North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly. |
Mar 8 |
Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes |
Mar 13 |
Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs |
Mar 15 |
1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) |
Mar 24 |
Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) |
Apr 4 |
Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) |
Apr 5 |
Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller |
Apr 10 |
President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Ilinois |
Apr 10 |
Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen |
Apr 12 |
Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" premieres in Oslo |
Apr 14 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG) |
Apr 26 |
Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity |
Apr 30 |
1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 |
May 2 |
Gioacchino Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence |
May 2 |
Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film |
May 9 |
Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London. |
May 11 |
13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.25 |
May 13 |
15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39.25 |
May 18 |
Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis" premieres in Paris |
May 23 |
1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC |
May 24 |
Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors |
May 25 |
Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die |
May 26 |
Racetrack betting becomes legal in NY state |
Jun 7 |
Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC |
Jun 8 |
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator. |
Jun 9 |
21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5 |
Jun 15 |
Carlisle D Graham survives 2nd ride in Niagara waterfall in barrel |
Jun 15 |
NY Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 29-1 |
Jun 15 |
Stanley's expedition reaches Yambuya waterfalls Congo |
Jun 18 |
The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed. |
Jun 21 |
Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria |
Jun 28 |
Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 |
Jul 4 |
The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi. |
Jul 6 |
4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (6-2 6-0) |
Jul 7 |
11th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Herbert Lawford beats E Renshaw (1-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4) |
Jul 26 |
1st Esperanto book published |
Aug 2 |
Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire |
Aug 10 |
Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) |
Aug 19 |
Dmitri Mendeleev makes a solo ascent by balloon to an altitude of 11,500 feet (3.5 km) above Klin, Russia to observe an eclipse |
Aug 21 |
Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants |
Aug 31 |
Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures) |
Sep 1 |
Dutch Amateur Photography Cooperation established |
Sep 5 |
Gas lamp at Theatre Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 |
Sep 15 |
Phila celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution |
Sep 26 |
Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone |
Sep 28 |
Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million |
Sep 30 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG) |
Sep 30 |
Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup |
Oct 1 |
Balochistan conquered by the British Empire. |
Oct 8 |
Phillies set club record 16th straight victory |
Oct 11 |
A Miles patents elevator |
Oct 18 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) |
Oct 21 |
Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3 |
Oct 26 |
Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series |
Oct 31 |
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol" premieres in St Petersburg |
Nov 5 |
Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship |
Nov 11 |
Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies (b. 1855), Albert Parsons (b. 1848), Adolph Fischer (b. 1858) and George Engel (b. 1836) are executed. |
Nov 11 |
Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham. |
Nov 13 |
Bloody Sunday clashes in central London. |
Nov 15 |
British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong |
Nov 19 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG) |
Nov 23 |
Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan |
Nov 23 |
Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC) |
Nov 24 |
Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca" premieres in Paris |
Nov 29 |
US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii |
Nov 30 |
1st indoor softball game (Chicago) |
Dec 1 |
Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet" |
Dec 1 |
Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao |
Dec 2 |
Amsterdam's Oscar Carrés Circus Theater opens |
Dec 2 |
French president Grevy (80) resigns |
Dec 5 |
Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo |
Dec 10 |
Austria-Hungary, Italy and Great Britain sign Balkan military treaty |
Dec 17 |
Georges Feydeau's "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris |
Dec 19 |
Jake Kilrain & Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw |
Dec 27 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" (BG) |
Dec 28 |
Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted |
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