Year’s History of 1887 The World in Review
A sweeping recap of 1887 noting necrology of poets statesmen and figures, labor strikes across the globe, earthquakes and floods, notable monuments unveiled, royalty anniversaries, and looming Eastern Question. It lists major U.S. and international events from February to December, including strikes in longshoremen printers cigarmakers coal miners and other trades, alongside political and cultural milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Niviera
China
Yellow River
Republic of France
Victoria
England
William
Germany
Europe
America
Boston
Mass
Lorillard
Lorillard’s
Jersey City
N. J
Pinkerton
Hudson River
Albert J. Seligman
New Helena
M. T
Worcester
Philadelphia
San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
Hartford
Conn
Bridgeport
Pittsburg
Masons and Builders
Haverhill
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Ava
Cincinnati
Knights of Labor
Minneapolis
Dre
Marriages and divorces and notable events list
A long compiled ledger of social and public figure moves and incidents. It lists marriages and divorces, explorations and city freedoms, duels, bomb rumors, resignations, knighthoods, museum gifts, debuts, royal and presidential travels, shipwrecks, crimes, trials, and disasters with dates and places across 1800s globals. It is a dense chronology of prominent individuals and happenings.
A Years Necrology of Noted 1887 Losses
A dated necrology lists prominent figures whose careers ended in 1887. It names Henry Ward Beecher Daniel Manning Catherine Wolfe Jenny Lind and others, then records birthplaces and dates for figures such as Gen Albert Gallatin Lawrence Bishop Horatio Potter John Roach Lord Iddesleigh Henry Stanton Gen W B Hazen Edward Youmans J Up Church and Chanceline Wikies among line items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
William
Holt
Marchioness of
Queensberry
Henry M. Stanley
City of London
Stanley
Egypt
Fes
J. O. Wilcox
John Baker
Raleigh
N. C
Baker
Zanzibar
Joseph Pulitzer
The
World
Joseph Howard
Adelina Patti
San Francisco
Daniel Manning
United States Treasury
Mancu J
George M. Pullman
Iking Tumbert
Italy
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rosa Bonheur
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
James Brown Potter
Sandwich Islands
Cleveland
Washington
Jay Gould
Europe
Plymouth
Charles A. Berry
England
Joseph Chamberlain
America
McCosh
Princeton University
Andrew Carnegie
Nineteenth Century Club
Cortlandt Palmer
Lowville
N. Y
William P. Truxton
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Cardinal Ludovico Jacobini
Rome
Genzano
Marcy
John Walters
Detroit
Angelia
South Bend
Ind
Elvin Gillespie
Charles H. Peterson
Peterson's Magazine
Philadelphia
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Litchfield
Conn
James B. Eads
Nassau
N.P
Lawrenceburg
Eben
Pillsbury
Allston
Mass
Aaron F. Stevens
Nashua
N. I
Londonderry
N.H
Henry F. Clark
D. C
Lysander Spooner
W. H. Woods
Extra Billy) Smith
Virginia
Warrenton
Perley Poore
Newburyport
William B. Stevens
Bath
Mark Hopkins
Williams College
Stockbridge
James Speed
United States
Kentucky
Freeman Clarke
Rochester
N.Y
Duncan F. Kenner
New Orleans
Dorn
Anson P. Morrill
Augusta
Belgrade
Alfred Krupp
Essen
Germany
Ben Holliday
Portland
Ore
R. M. T. Hunter
Richmond
Dorothea L. Dix
Jersey City
Agostino Depritis
Ava
Michael Katkoff
Moscow
Russia
Aaron A. Sargent
David Curry
O. S. Fowler
Alvin Clark
Cambridge
Spencer F., Baird
Woods Hall
Thomas T. Craven
Charlestown
District of Columbia
William S. Harris
Mansfield
John B. Finch
Maurice Strakosch
Paris
Thomas C. Manning
Mexico
Edentown
Mrs. Craik
Maria Mulock
Elihu B. Washburne
Chicago
Livermore
Mme
Catherine L. Wolfe
Jenny Lind
Alvan Clark
Albert Gallatin Lawrence
Horatio Potter
William Ballantyne
London
Thomas May
John Roach
Mitchellstown
Ireland
Lord Iddiesleigh
Sir Stafford Northcote
Henry B. Stanton
Achong
W. B. Hazen
West Hartford
Edward L. Youmans
Coeymann
J. J. Upchurch
Steelville
Chanceline Wikies
Arie
First appearance of Henry George in The Standard
In Jax 8 The Standard debuts Henry George with a vigorous attack on papal action regarding Father Edward McGlynn and his George land theories. The year notes legislative scenes in New Jersey and Indiana, senate passes interstate commerce bill, and key executive moves. Also marks McGlynn’s parish updates, treaty ratifications, pension debates, and cabinet shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell and
Hoffman
Missouri Pacific Express
Texas
Cincinnati
Schroeder
Jersey City
Germania Savings Bank
Fes
John I. Lisle
First National Bank of Baltimore
Boodle
Alderman O'Neil
New York
John de Leon
Charles Ogden Ferris
Tichborne
Isaac N. Vincent
Alabama
Roxalana Druse
Herkimer
N. Y
William Druse
W. A. Clark
Walter E. Lawton
James Hunter
James
John Trunter
Philadelphia
Titus
New Jersey
Tilly Smith
Rahway
N. J
Chicago
McGarrigle
Happy Land
Dominion
Pittsburg
Pennysylvania Railroad
Sarah Howe
Boston
Jacob Sharp
Broadway
James M. Taggart
Teller Union Trust Company
Standard Oil
Buffalo
Marquis de Mores
Jack Hussey
Castle Garden
Hahn
Craig Tolliver
Logan
Rowan County
Jnly
Pranzini
Paris
McGarigle
Canada
Ozark
Frank McNeally
Saco
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Company
Harper
Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati
New York Court of Appeals
Barrett
Sharp
Marion la Touche
Henry George
the Standard
Edward McGlynn
George Land
Indiana
United States Senate
Arthur Donnelly
Father McGlynn
St. Stephen's Church
St. Stephen's
Hawaii
Archbishop Corrigan
Congress
Cleveland
Sherman
Ingalls
Russia
Manoa
Interstate Commerce
Crosby
O. S. Strauss
United States
Turkey
Gox
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles & Fairchild
Manning
Yearly Disaster List Highlights Major World Tragedies
A sweeping chronicle of 19th century calamities lists fires, shipwrecks, earthquakes, floods, and storms. Notable entries mention a million-dollar fire at the papal palace in Rome, wrecks off Virginia and Newfoundland, disasters in India and France, and vast floods across the Americas and Europe, with numerous fatalities and missing persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celtic
Brittanne
Atlantic
la Champagne
Theatre Comique
Paris
Belt Lins
New York
Glasgow
Berlin
Turkestan
Lake Michigan
Atlantic States
Merrimac
Juny
Zug
Switzerland
Hurley
Wis
Mystery
Jamaica Bay
Mount Etna
Sicily
Erie Railroad
Hohokus
Umbria
Chatsworth
Ill
Newfoundland
Theatre Royal
Exeter
England
Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Baltimore and Ohio
Keuts
Ind
Vernon
Canton
China
Arizona
Marquette
Father Kirner
Starlem Fell
Kirner
Scholten
Straits of Dover
P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport
Brockville
Kan
Calabria
Orkney Islands
Henrietta
Indian Territory
Tilton
Kelly
Miranda
Nova Scotia
Katie Ranger
Absecom Light
Nora
Baracoa
Cuba
Rochester
N. D
Far West
Papal Palace
Rome
Italy
Madras
India
Tiffin
Virginia
Crombrook
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Spitafields Theatre
London
Middle States
Fes
Boston
Montreal
Vermont Central Railroad
Woodstock
Ohio
Northwest
Nice
France
Italian Riviera
Riviera
Marco
Belgium
St. Etienne
Boston and Providence
Richmond
Buffalo
Dakota
Missouri River
Sidney
New South Wales
Bessemer
Colonial
Canada
New Brunswick
Quebec
St. Augustine
Fla
Eastern
Middle Atlantic
Long historical roll of European politics and crises
A dense chronology from January to December recounts major political events across Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and other states. Highlights include Goschen becoming chancellor, English troops leaving Egypt, Bismarck’s threats and reforms, Boulanger’s rise and fall, royal jubilee events, coups, assassinations attempts, imperial alliances, and the resignation of President Grevy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goschen
Egypt
Bismarck
Windthorst
Richter
Lord Cadogan
Bismaresk
Reichstaz
Santos
Uruguay
Lord Randolph Churchill
Comnons
Reichstat
Reichstag
Evar
William
Russia
Victoria
Westminster Abbey
England
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Turkey
Harrier
W. D. Wolffe
Constantinople
Rouvier
Chamber of Deputies
Boulanger
Paris
Prince Ferdinand Urced
Queen Victoria
Leo
Tiles Ferry
Manitoba
Dominion of Canada
Red River
Ava
Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Prince Victor Bonaparte
Brussels
San Salvador
Daniel Wilson
Grevy
Cafefarel
Mme. Limouzin
Ien
D'Andlau
Mme. Matazzi
Czar
Denmark
Berlin
Germany
France
Sadi Carnot
M. Fallieres
M. Goblet
Jules Ferry
M. Tirard
Austria
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N M. Orr
Fraley Street
M. Orr
Kane, PA
Ofrice
Praley ST
A Y. Jones
Justice OF the Peace
Griffith's Block
Ayer,hoube
Warren
Penna
Barstow
Warren, Penna
T. Thor, L. Kane
Magowan’'s
Harriet A. Kane
Evan O'N. Kane
Magowan'’s Drug Store
P& Ww
M. I. L. Whiting
Chase Street
Ggo
W J. Armstrong
Kane, Penna
Gillis’ Drug Store
Kane
Eorge Folkman
Keystone
Mellander
J. Tate & Co
Juwert
Kk. Wendelbof, J
Liberty Street
Warnes, Pa
Pee
W.W. Drewer
Mt, Jewett, Penna
Pittsburg and Western
Erie
Lottie Searles
Treeves Street
H. Preston
M. D
P.R
Asp PL & WL
Kane Pesena
TaMont Pharmacy
Olice
INO. A. Mell
Kane, Meean County
John C
Backus
Sheridan Gorton
Smethport, PA
Court House
Keystone Billiard Parlor
Campbell
P. O. Box
Shaye
H’ Askill & Burdick
Smethport, Penna
Scipio Young
Clyde Kime
Ridgway, PA
Elk County
Oll
Klying
Sas
George M.orr
Death, the
Grim Reaper
Mechanic’s Falls Paper Company
Mechanic’s Fails
Rosetta County
Lord & Polk
Wilmington
Del
Smith Bros
Morocco
Edminston & Waddell Co
Gen. A
Johnston
Washington, D.C
Columbia College
Abraham
Mrs. Lincoln
Springfield
John C. Calhoun
Charleston
Nathan Hale
Board of Visitors
Egbert C. Smythe
Andover Seminary
Robert E. Lee
Erans
Grand Army
Anne W. Hodgson
Hubbard & Palmer
Bankers
Annie W. Hodgson
Shelburne
Souris
North Pacific Ocean
Henry
Ives
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Railroad
Three Mile
International
Western Union
Gen. Meade
Fairmount Park
Lincoln
Leif Ericson
John C. Breckinridge
Louisville
J. A. Garfield
American Evangelical Alliance
D. de Castro & Co
New York Commission
Labor Movement
William R. Travers
Bermuda
Baltimore
Paul Tulane
Princeton
N.J
Thomas P. Reynolds
J. G. Saxe
Albany
Bighgate
Joseph H. Bradley
Thomas W. Conway
John T. Raymond
Evansville
Alfred Lee
Quinn
David K
George Cabot Ward
Oliver Hoyt
Stamford
James Grant
Edinburgh
Joseph R. Bedwell
Hallowell
Sterling P. Rounds
Omaha
Neb
F. W. Hayden
McGlynn
Hill
Vedder
United Labor
United Labor Party of
Syracuse
Progressive Labor Party
Supreme Court of the United States
L. Q. C. Lamar
Interior
United States Supreme Court
Don M. Dickinson
W. F. Vilas
Blaine
Republican National Committee
Thomas Js Cluverius
Fanny Lilian Madison
Feaf
Ilas
Kane Cas Licht and Heating CO
Methodist Church
D, Howells
Kane Toese
BoAud
Inayat Eng
Gorbon
B. F. M’connell & Co
People's Meat Market
O. B. Lay’s
Ready Made Clothing Emporium
Post Office
W. P. Weston, Esq
Etna
Phenix
Liverpool
London and
Globe
Low
Lancashire
American Politics
Mustaps
Australia
Kansas
Missouri
St. Lawrence River
Ohio Valley
Benton
Island
Formosa
West
John Knox
M. Sehnacbeles
Pasay-Sur-Moseile
Pope Leo
Schnacbeles
V.—Sehnaebeles
de Freycinet
M. Rouvier
Jules Perry
House of Commons
Jax
Glenbeigh
County Kerry
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