Historical figures in 1887
The atlas holds 36 people and 58 moments here, in 1887. The most recorded lives are Grover Cleveland, José Rizal and Liliʻuokalani. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Alfred Deakin
in 1887
2 moments here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Anton Chekhov
in 1887
1 moment here
Russian playwright, short-story writer, and physician. Chekhov was born in Taganrog, studied and began his literary career in Moscow, undertook a…
Arthur Conan Doyle
in 1887
1 moment here
Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…
Chiang Kai-shek
in 1887
1 moment here
Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1887
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Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1887
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1887
1 moment here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1887
1 moment here
American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…
Franz Kafka
in 1887
1 moment here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1887
1 moment here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Grover Cleveland
in 1887
6 moments here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Harry S. Truman
in 1887
1 moment here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Helen Keller
in 1887
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Henri Matisse
in 1887
1 moment here
French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…
H. G. Wells
in 1887
1 moment here
Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
James Joyce
in 1887
1 moment here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
José Rizal
in 1887
6 moments here
Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…
Le Corbusier
in 1887
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Leon Trotsky
in 1887
1 moment here
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Liliʻuokalani
in 1887
6 moments here
Liliʻuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, reigning from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the monarchy on January…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1887
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Max Planck
in 1887
1 moment here
German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory. Planck’s documented life moved from Kiel to Munich, Berlin, Kiel again, and Berlin,…
Nikola Tesla
in 1887
1 moment here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1887
2 moments here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
Moments
- 1887 Residence at Llanarth Alfred Deakin
- 1887 Victorian delegate to Imperial Conference Alfred Deakin
- 1887 Initiation at Phoenix Lodge Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1887 British Association meeting Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1887 Boarding at Nelson College Ernest Rutherford
- 1887 Arrival in Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1887 Moves to Mikulášská Street Franz Kafka
- 1887 Childhood at the Grandview farm Harry S. Truman
- 1887 Law studies in Paris Henri Matisse
- 1887 Convalescence at Uppark H. G. Wells
- 1887 Family move to Bray James Joyce
- 1887 Meeting Ferdinand Blumentritt in Leitmeritz José Rizal
- 1887 Stay in Wilhelmsfeld José Rizal
- 1887 Visit to Dresden José Rizal
- 1887 Visit to Rome José Rizal
- 1887 Visit to Vienna José Rizal
- 1887 Education in Odessa Leon Trotsky
- 1887 Audience with Queen Victoria Liliʻuokalani
- 1887 Golden Jubilee journey through Boston Liliʻuokalani
- 1887 Golden Jubilee journey through New York City Liliʻuokalani
- 1887 Golden Jubilee service at Westminster Abbey Liliʻuokalani
- 1887 Received by President Cleveland in Washington Liliʻuokalani
- 1887 Tesla Electric Company laboratory Nikola Tesla
- 1887 Conducting debut at the Bolshoi Theatre Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1887 Literary activity in Valparaíso Rubén Darío
- 1887 Summer retreat at Belle-Île Sarah Bernhardt
- 1887 Liberal Club residence Sri Aurobindo
- 1887 Transfer to Hong Kong College of Medicine Sun Yat-sen
- 1887 Anne Sullivan arrives at Ivy Green Helen Keller
- 1887 Move to a Kiel apartment Max Planck
- 1887 Moved into Sagamore Hill with Edith Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt
- 1887 Visit to Taganrog Anton Chekhov
- 1887 Golden Jubilee delegation lands in San Francisco Liliʻuokalani
- 1887 Lincoln lecture at Madison Square Theater Walt Whitman
- 1887 Marriage to Alice Regnault Octave Mirbeau
- 1887 Birth in Pointe-à-Pitre Saint-John Perse
- 1887 Stay in Tiflis Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1887 Golden Jubilee thanksgiving Queen Victoria
- 1887 Residence at Kérisper Octave Mirbeau
- 1887 Balloon ascent for solar-eclipse observation Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1887 Birth in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
- 1887 Return to Manila José Rizal
- 1887 Entered Kazan University Vladimir Lenin
- 1887 Final arrival in Venice Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1887 Departs Washington on goodwill tour Grover Cleveland
- 1887 Birth in Xikou Chiang Kai-shek
- 1887 Fishes on Lake Mendota Grover Cleveland
- 1887 Goodwill-tour reception in Indianapolis Grover Cleveland
- 1887 Goodwill-tour stay in St. Louis Grover Cleveland
- 1887 Speaks at the Tennessee Statehouse Grover Cleveland