1887 - What happened in 1887 ?

January 1887

Saturday 01:

Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India in Delhi.

Thursday 20:

The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.

Friday 21:

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Wednesday 26:

Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians.

Friday 28:

In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38cm) wide and 8 inches (20cm) thick.

February 1887

Wednesday 02:

In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.

Tuesday 08:

The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.

Wednesday 23:

The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.

Saturday 26:

At the SCG, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings.

April 1887

Monday 04:

Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.

May 1887

Monday 09:

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.

June 1887

Wednesday 08:

Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.

Saturday 18:

The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia

Tuesday 21:

Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Thursday 23:

The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/archives2_E.asp?id=25

Tuesday 28:

Minot, North Dakota incorporated as a city.

July 1887

Wednesday 06:

David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.

Tuesday 26:

L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Language".

October 1887

Saturday 01:

Baluchistan conquered by the British Empire.

November 1887

Wednesday 09:

The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Friday 11:

Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham.

Sunday 13:

Bloody Sunday clashes in central London