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Events of 1887
..ovviamente non citate gli avvenimenti di Novembre che qui di Medium ce ne solo uno, eh
January–March
January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
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.
Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres – a record for any Australian capital city.
January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians.
January 28 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
January 28 – Construction of the foundations of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris, France.
February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
February 5 – The Giuseppe Verdi opera Otello premieres at La Scala.
February 8 – The Dawes Act, or the General Allotment Act, is enacted.
February 23 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
February 26 – At the Sydney Cricket Ground, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings.
March 3 – Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller.
March 4 – Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile.
March 7 – North Carolina State University is established as North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
March 13 – Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs.
March 19 – Henry Cogswell College is established by Henry D. Cogswell.
April–June
April 1 – Mumbai Fire Brigade was established.
April 4 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
April 10 – The Catholic University of America is founded on Easter Sunday.
April 21 – Schnaebele incident – French/German border incident nearly leads to war between the two countries.
May 3 – An earthquake hits Sonora, Mexico.
May 9 – Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.
May 14 – The cornerstone of the new Stanford University, in northern California, is laid (the college opens in 1891).
June 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punched card calculator.
June 18 – The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia.
June 21 – The British Empire celebrates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, marking the 50th year of her 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.
July–September
July 1 – Construction of the metal structure of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris, France
July 12 – Odense Boldklub, the Danish football team, is founded as the Odense Cricket Club.
July 26 – L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Tongue".
August – The U.S. National Institutes of Health is founded at the Marine Hospital, Staten Island, NY, as the Laboratory of Hygiene.
August 13 – The Hibernian F.C. defeats Preston North End to win the "Championship of the World" after the two teams win the Association football Cup competitions in their respective countries.
September 5 – The Theatre Royal, Exeter, England burns down, killing 186 people.
September 28 – Start of the 1887 Yellow River flood in China, killing 900,000 to 2,000,000 people.
October–December
October 1 – The British Empire takes over Balochistan. (minkia che notiziona!)
October 3 – Florida A&M University opens its doors in Tallahassee, Florida.
November – Results of the Michelson-Morley experiment are published, indicating that the speed of light is independent of motion.
November 3 – The Associação Académica de Coimbra, the students' union of the University of Coimbra in Portugal, is founded.
November 8 – Emile Berliner is granted a patent for his Gramophone.
November 10 – Louis Lingg, sentenced to be hanged for his alleged role in the Haymarket Riot bomb, kills himself by dynamite.
November 11 – August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Michael Schwab, and Samuel Fielden are hanged for inciting riot and murder in the Haymarket Riot of May 4, 1886.
November 13 – Bloody Sunday: Police clash with pro-Irish independence protesters.
December 5 – International Bureau of Intellectual Property.
December 25 – Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky is first produced.
Undated
Franz König published "Über freie Körper in den Gelenken" in the medical journal Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, describing (and naming) the disease Osteochondritis dissecans for the first time.
Teachers College, later part of Columbia University, is founded.
Thomas Stevens is the first man to bicycle around the world.
The New Gate is built in Jerusalem.
The comptometer is patented by Dorr Eugene Felt.
The first All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals are held.
Japan annexes Iwo Jima.
Zululand becomes a British colony.
Construction of Spandau Prison in Berlin is completed.
Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect on the production and reception of electromagnetic (EM) waves (radio). This was an important step towards the understanding of the quantum nature of light.
The U.S. Congress passes the Interstate Commerce Act.
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick invents the contact lens, made of a type of brown glass.
A. G. Edwards is founded by General Albert Gallatin Edwards.
Yellow River flood kills 900,000 people living along its banks.Laos and Cambodia are added to French Indochina.
Antonio Guzmán Blanco ends his term in Venezuela as the president.
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Aggiungerei anche, restando nel campo della fiction (...), gli eventi accaduti in gioco negli ultimi giorni:
13 ottobre - ritrovamento di un cadavere smembrato a Shoredicht
14 ottobre - Al Drury Lane Theatre in scena il Giaurro di Lord Byron.
Vedremo di aggiornare le notizie per darvi ulteriori argomenti di conversazione
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.CITAZIONEEVENTI DEL 1887, così avete argomenti di conversazione alla festa di Lovelace, se non vi basta la Bomba al Rag
Non ti basta, Burke?.... vuoi anche i titoli in prima pagina?.....
EVENTI DEL 1887così avete argomenti di conversazione alla festa di Lovelace, se non vi basta la Bomba al Rag |
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