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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
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* [[January 11]] – [[Louis Pasteur]]'s anti-[[rabies]] treatment is defended in the [[Académie Nationale de Médecine]], by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
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* [[January 20]] – The [[United States Senate]] allows the Navy to lease [[Pearl Harbor]] as a naval base.
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* [[March 3]] – [[Anne Sullivan]] begins teaching [[Helen Keller]].
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* [[March 4]] – [[Gottlieb Daimler]] unveils his first automobile.
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* [[April 21]] – [[Schnaebele incident]]: A French/German border incident nearly leads to war between the two countries.
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* [[June 18]] – The [[Reinsurance Treaty]] is closed, between Germany and Russia.
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* [[June 21]]
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**The [[British Empire]] celebrates [[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria|Golden Jubilee]], marking the 50th year of her reign.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20051101004551/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page929.asp</ref>
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**[[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]] becomes a British colony.
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* [[June 23]] &ndash; The [[Rocky Mountains Park Act]] becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first [[national park]], [[Banff National Park]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040318112228/http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/archives2_E.asp?id=25</ref>
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* [[July 1]] &ndash; Construction of the iron structure of the [[Eiffel Tower]] starts in Paris, France.
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* [[July 6]] &ndash; King [[Kalākaua]] of [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Hawai'i]] is forced by anti-monarchists to sign the '[[1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|Bayonet Constitution]]', stripping the [[Hawaiian monarchy]] of much of its authority, as well as [[Disenfranchisement|disenfranchising]] most [[native Hawaiians]], all [[Asians in Hawaii|Asians]] and the poor.
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** [[L. L. Zamenhof]] publishes "''[[Unua Libro]]''" (''Dr. Esperanto's International Language''), the first description of [[Esperanto]], the [[Constructed language|constructed]] [[international auxiliary language]].
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* [[August]] &ndash; The earliest constituent of the U.S. [[National Institutes of Health]] is established at the Marine Hospital, [[Staten Island]], as the Laboratory of Hygiene.
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* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[British Empire]] takes over [[Balochistan]].
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* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Louis Lingg]], sentenced to be hanged for his alleged role in the [[Haymarket affair]] (a bombing in Chicago on [[May 4]], [[1886]]), kills himself by [[dynamite]].
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* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[August Spies]], [[Albert Parsons]], [[Adolph Fischer]] and [[George Engel]] are hanged for inciting riot and murder, in the [[Haymarket affair]].
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* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Bloody Sunday (1887)|Bloody Sunday]]: Police in London clash with radical and [[Irish nationalist]] protesters.
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* [[December 5]] &ndash; The International Bureau of [[Intellectual Property]] is established.
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=== Date unknown ===
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* The [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]] is founded.
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* A [[construction]] and [[Real estate development|developer]] brand on worldwide, [[Skanska]] was founded in [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]].<ref>https://group.skanska.com/about-us/our-history/</ref>
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 07:39, 2 March 2021

1877 < 1878 < 1879 < 1880 < 1881 < 1882 < 1883 <1884 < 1885 < 1886 < 1887 > 1888 > 1889 > 1890 > 1891 > 1892 > 1893 > 1894 > 1895 > 1896 > 1897

Decade.png 1880s: )    Year.png 1887 Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Pearl harbor.png
year 1887

Events

January–March

Date unknown


 

Events

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

New Groups

GroupImageTypeDescription
McMaster UniversityMcMasterCoA.pngBig Canadian university in Hamilton, Ontario.
Catholic University of AmericaLogo of The Catholic University of America.svgMilitary ranksThe school stays closely connected with the Catholic Church and Catholic organizations.
Florida A&M UniversityFlorida A&M University seal.pngLand-granthistorically black university in Florida
Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityNw old main.jpgMilitary ranksNebraskan liberal arts college
Pasteur InstituteNstitut Pasteur (logo).pngStudies biology, microorganisms, diseases and vaccines. This also includes biological warfare.
North Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina State University seal.pngPublicOver 50 NC State alumni have achieved the rank of Brigadier General or higher in the United States military.
RMIT UniversityRMIT Coat of Arms.pngResearch
Public
Melbourne university researching censorship implementation.
Troy State UniversityTroyU-seal.pngPublicAlabama university
University at Buffalo/Law SchoolUniversity at Buffalo School of Law logo.pngGraduate professional school at the University at Buffalo

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Eustace Percy21 March 18873 April 1958PoliticianBritish diplomat, Conservative politician and public servant. He most notably was President of the Board of Education under Stanley Baldwin between 1924 and 1929.
Roundell Palmer15 April 18873 September 1971Spook
Politician
Deep state operative
Minister of Economic Warfare in the Churchill wartime government between 1942 and 1945. his put him in charge of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which ran undercover operations of sabotage in Occupied Europe.
James Marshall-Cornwall27 May 188725 December 1985Spook
Soldier
Linguist
Deputy Head of MI6
John Magruder3 June 188730 April 1958Spook
Soldier
After the WW2 Office of Strategic Services was disbanded in 1945, core elements of it were maintained in the new Strategic Services Unit (SSU) led by Magruder, a link to the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1947.
André François-Poncet13 June 1887France
Seine-et-Marne
Provins
8 January 1978Diplomat
Politician
Hastings Ismay21 June 1887India
Naini Tāl
17 December 1965Diplomat
Spook
Politician
Lawyer
Ex Secretary General of NATO.
Julian Huxley22 June 188714 February 1975AcademicEnglish evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist
R. H. Bruce Lockhart2 September 188727 February 1970Author
Diplomat
Spook
Journalist
Propagandist
Footballer
Edwin G. Booz2 September 1887Pennsylvania
Reading
1 October 1951Businessperson
Max Brauer3 September 1887Germany
Ottensen
2 February 1973Politician
Deep state operative
Mayor of Hamburg. One of a dozen men whom Józef Retinger consulted when setting up the Bilderberg
Victor Hope24 September 1887Scotland
South Queensferry
Linlithgowshire
5 January 1952British nobilityViceroy of India
Chiang Kai-shek31 October 1887Fenghua
Zhejiang
Qing dynasty
5 April 1975Soldier
Myron Fagan31 October 1887US12 May 1972Author
Director
Producer
Bernard Montgomery17 November 1887United Kingdom
Surrey
Kennington
24 March 1976Soldier
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