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1887 - January. January 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 early in the morning; prepared for the assault, the Negus orders a counter-attack which routs the enemy, resulting with the capture of Harar a few days later. 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 21 - Brisbane receives ...

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1887: Encyclopedia II - 1887 - Events

1887 - Events

1887 - January

January 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 early in the morning; prepared for the assault, the Negus orders a counter-attack which routs the enemy, resulting with the capture of Harar a few days later.
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 21 - Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres - a record for any Australian capital city.
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.

1887 - February

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.

1887 - March

March 3 - Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller
March 4 - Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile
March 13 - Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs
March 19 - Henry Cogswell College established by Henry D. Cogswell.

1887 - April

April 4 - Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. 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.

1887 - May

May 3 - Earthquake in Sonora, Mexico
May 9 - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.

1887 - June

June 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.
June 18 - The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia.
June 21 - Britain celebrates a Golden Jubilee, marking the 50th year of Queen Victoria's reign. [1]
June 23 - The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. [2]
June 28 - Minot, North Dakota is incorporated as a city.

1887 - July

July 26 - L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Language".
July 27 - Giuseppe Peano marries Carola Crosio

1887 - October

October 1 - British Empire takes over Baluchistan

1887 - November

November 3 - Associação Académica de Coimbra, students' union of the University of Coimbra in Portugal, was founded.
November 10 - Louis Lingg, sentenced to be hanged for his alleged role in the Haymarket Riot bomb, kills himself by dynamite
In London, police and left-wing demonstrators clash. One dead. One of the participants is George Bernard Shaw.
November 11 - August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Louis Lingg, Michael Schwab, and Samuel Fielden hanged for inciting riot and murder in the Haymarket Riot of May 4, 1886.

1887 - December

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.

1887 - 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 the Golden Dawn founded
Spandau Prison in Berlin finished
Portugal abolishes death penalty for murder
Heinrich Hertz discovers electromagnetism
US congress passes the Interstate Commerce Act
Adolf Eugen Fick invents the contact lens

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