Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1887. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

The 1887 Yellow River flood in Qing China began in September 1887 and killed at least 930,000 people. It was the single deadliest flood in China, making...

The year 1887 in film involved some significant events. Hannibal Goodwin files for a patent for his photographic film. Louis Le Prince's 16-lens camera...

The Hawaiian rebellions and revolutions took place in Hawaii between 1887 and 1895. Until annexation in 1898, Hawaii was an independent sovereign state...

The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada. The...

The Winchester Model 1887 and Winchester Model 1901 are lever-action shotguns designed by American gun designer John Browning and produced by the Winchester...

legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1886 and 1887, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...

The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887) regulated land rights on tribal territories within the...

Bloody Sunday was an event which took place in London, England on 13 November 1887, when a crowd of marchers protesting about unemployment and the Irish Coercion...

The 1887 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record at the time in terms of the number of known tropical storms...

There were special elections in 1887 to the United States House of Representatives to the 49th United States Congress and the 50th United States Congress...

The 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a legal document prepared by anti-monarchists to strip the absolute Hawaiian monarchy of much of its...

Beatrice Venetia Stanley Montagu (22 August 1887 – 3 August 1948) was a British aristocrat and socialite best known for the many letters that Prime Minister...

(Serbian: Ђорђе Карађорђевић / Đorđe Karađorđević; 8 September (O.S. 27 August) 1887 – 17 October 1972), was the eldest son of King Peter I of Serbia and his...

California Assembly Bill 1887, or AB 1887, is a state statute that banned state-funded and sponsored travel to states with laws deemed discriminatory against...

The Hatch Act of 1887 (ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440, enacted 1887-03-02, 7 U.S.C. § 361a et seq.) gave federal funds, initially $15,000 each, to state land-grant...

Federal elections were held in Germany on 21 February 1887. The National Liberal Party became the largest party in the Reichstag by winning 98 of the 397...

League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, the club formerly played its home games at Raikes Hall and the Athletic...

The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) (Pub. L. 49–90, 24 Stat. 373, later codified at Title 3, Chapter 1) is a United States federal law that added to...

1887 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships College championship College football national championship...

The year 1887 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Construction work begins on Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary...

Events from the year 1887 in Canada. Monarch – Victoria Governor General – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice Prime Minister – John A. Macdonald Chief Justice – William...

Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, GCB (3 December 1802 – 23 February 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Born the...

Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience, p. 23 Media related to HMS Racoon (ship, 1887) at Wikimedia Commons...

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1887. June–July - Carl Humann works at Hierapolis. A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna...

Events from the year 1887 in the United States. President: Grover Cleveland (D-New York) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: Morrison Waite (Ohio) Speaker...

company took a share holding in the North British Distillery Company. In 1887 the company became part of a group that founded Highland Distilllers, with...

The Concordat of 1887 was a treaty signed by the President of the Republic of Colombia, Rafael Núñez, and by the Vatican State under Pope Leo XIII on December...

Bion 8 or Kosmos 1887 (in Russian: Бион 8, Космос 1887) was a Bion satellite. Bion 8 carried a payload of biological and radiation physics experiments...

John Taylor (1 November 1808 – 25 July 1887) was an English-born religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...