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1887 Historical Event(s)
- January 28, 1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, 15 in wide and 8 in thick.
- February 2, 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- April 1, 1887 – Mumbai Fire Brigade is established.
- April 4, 1887 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- April 28, 1887 – A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, Alsatian police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of German Emperor William I, defusing a possible war.
- June 18, 1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- June 23, 1887 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation’s first national park, Banff National Park.
- July 4, 1887 – The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
- July 26, 1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- November 13, 1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Who Were Born On 1887?
- January 10, 1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. 1962)
- January 13, 1887 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
- July 29, 1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born American composer (d. 1951)
- September 1, 1887 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)
- September 15, 1887 – Carlos Dávila, former President of Chile (d. 1955)
- September 22, 1887 – Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, social activist and educationist in Maharashtra, India (d. 1959)
- October 1, 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
- November 23, 1887 – Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
- November 27, 1887 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946)
- December 3, 1887 – Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan (d. 1990)