1887

Events

• 18. January: Erstsynthese of the Amphetamins through L. Edeleanu at that University of Berlin
• 5. February: Otello of Giuseppe Verdi in Milan one uraufgefuehrt
• 8. February: Privatisation of the Reservation country the US-American Indian by that Dawes act
• 3. May: With that Pit misfortune of Nanaimo, British Colombia, 150 miners die, only sieve survive
• 18. June: That Reinsurance agreement between and one closes
• 7. June: publishes in Warsaw the first brochure over the new language
• 19. December: Those German colonization and administration company for colonies one bases
• 21. December: Lambrecht (Pfalz) receives municipal rights

• Heinrich cycles per second produced for the first time artificially
• Svante Arrhenius publishes its theory that electrolytic dissociation
• Albert Abraham Michelson and Edward Morley lead their experiment to the determination of the absolute speed that in Ether through, it goes out negatively, sees Michelson Morley experiment
• Ferdinand sound-sneeze published as first German theoretical foundation that "community and society"
• The term "Larva in Germany"develops. German products were provided in Britannien with this stamp, in order to represent it as inferior. By the priority of the goods however the sales rose
• Establishment of the Japanese company Yamaha
• "the father" of August Strindberg appears

Culture

• 16. March: Premiere of the opera Proserpine of Camille of Saint sowing at that Grand Opéra Paris
• 18. June: Premiere of the amusing opera The musi edges of Friedrich of Flotow in Mannheim
• 29. September: That Hamburg sport-Verein e. V. as union of three Hamburg sport associations one bases
• 29. October: Premiere of the Operette The sieved Swabia of Karl Milloecker to Theatre at that Vienna in Vienna
• Establishment that National University OF Fine kind and Music in Tokyo

Born

• 1. January: Josef Opatoschu, jiddischer writer (? 1954)
• 1. January: William Canaris, German admiral (1945)
• 3. January: August Macke, German painter of the expressionism (? 1914)
• 7. January: Thomas's wow, Bavarian politician of the SPD and mayor of Munich (? 1964)
• 8. January: Jack Akkersdijk, Netherlands football player (? 1953)
• 11 January: Aldo Leopold, US-American forest scientist and ecologist (? 1948)
• 15. January: Willy Seidel, German writer (? 1934)
• 19. January: Andrei Grigorjewitsch Schkuro, Russian general (? 1947)
• 21. January: Wolfgang charcoal burner, joint founders of the Gestalt psychology (? 1967)
• 23. January: Jean Julien Fulcanelli, Alchimist and esoterischer writers (? 1932)
• 26. January: François Faber, of Luxembourg wheel running driver (? 1915)
• 27. January: Carl Blegen, US-American archaeologist (? 1971)
• 28. January: Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist (? 1982)
• 29. January: August William of Prussia, Prussian prince (? 1949)
• 2. February: Ernst Hanfstaengel, pressechef of the NSDAP (? 1975)
• 3. February: George Trakl, Austrian poet (? 1914)
• 3. February: Max Josef butcher, catholic priest and LV victim (? 1944)
• 5. February: Albert Paris Guetersloh, Austrian painter and writer (? 1973)
• 5. February: Richard Goelz, church musicians and theologian (? 1975)
• 6. February: Joseph Frings, archbishop of Cologne (? 1978)
• 8. February: Heinrich Spoerl, German writer (? 1955)
• 14. February: Anton Faistauer, Austrian painter (? 1930)
• 17. February: Joseph Bech, of Luxembourg statesman and politician (? 1975)
• 17. February: Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (? 1947)
• 22. February: Savielly Tartakower, chess players (? 1956)
• 25. February: Ewald Mataré, German painter and sculptor (? 1965)
• 27. February: Pjotr Nikolajewitsch Nesterow, Russian pilot and airplane technical designer (? 1914)
• 5. March: Heitor mansion Lobos, Brazilian composer and conductor (? 1959)
• 11 March: Raoul Walsh, US-American film director (? 1980)
• 18. March: Robert Berény, Hungarian painter (? 1953)
• 21. March: Erich Mendelsohn, architect (? 1953)
• 22. March: Chico Marx, US-American Schapieler and Komiker (? 1961)
• 23. March: Anthony van Hoboken, music scientists and music collecting tanks (? 1983)
• 23. March: Josef Capek, Czech painter, draughtsman and Illustrator (? 1945)
• 23. March: Juan Gris, Spanish-French painter of the Kubismus (? 1927)
• 23. March: Rudolf Kinau, down-German writer (? 1975)
• 25. March: Chuichi Nagumo, Vice Admiral of the imperial Japanese navy (? 1944)
• 29. March: Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena, prime ministers of Thailand (? 1947)
• 1. April: Leonard Bloomfield, US-American linguist (? 1949)
• 2. April: Louise Schroeder, German politician (? 1957)
• 10. April: Bernardo Alberto Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobelpreistraeger (? 1971)
• 10. April: Heinz Tiessen, German composer (? 1971)
• 18. April: Ludwig Wolker, prominent shape of the catholic youth movement and joint founder of the federation of the German catholic youth
• 21. April: Robert Krups, founders of the enterprise Krups (? 1950)
• 22. April: Harald bore, Danish mathematician (? 1951)
• 29. April: Frederik Jacobus Johannes Buytendijk, biologist, Anthropologe and psychologist (? 1974)
• 1. May: Hans Demmelmeier, German politician and MdB (? 1973)
• 6. May: Michael Browne, catholic clergyman (? 1971)
• 10. May: Iman Dozy, Netherlands football player (? 1957)
• 11 May: Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian pianist (? 1961)
• 16. May: Jakob van Hoddis, German poet of the expressionism (? 1942)
• 18. May: Ernst Wiechert, Swiss writer (? 1950)
• 18. May: Sterling Rohlfs, US-American test pilot
• 22. May: Arthur Cravan, British poet, Amateurboxer and DadaForerunner (? 1918)
• 22. May: William Kaisen, German politician, of Bremen mayors (? 1979)
• 23. May: Albert Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician, logician and philosopher (? 1963)
• 25. May: Pater Pio, Kapuzinerpater (? 1968)
• 29. May: Carl Schroeter, German politician (? 1952)
• 31. May: Saint John Perse, French poet and diplomat (? 1975)
• 3. June: Olga of grains, German politician (? 1969)
• 8. June: Bruno Peyn, German writer
• 10. June: Vladimir Iwanowitsch Smirnow, Russian-Soviet mathematician (? 1974)
• 13. June: Bruno franc, German writer (? 1945)
• 18. June: Marcet Haldeman, US-American authoress (? 1941)
• 20 June: Adolf Jutz, German painter and draughtsman (? 1945)
• 20 June: Kurt Schwitters, German painter, advertising commercial artist and universal artist (? 1948)
• 22. June: Julian Huxley, English biologist, philosopher and writer (? 1975)
• 23. June: Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (? 1960)
• 25. June: George Abbott, US-American film script author, director and actor (? 1995)
• 2. July: Elizabeth Baumann butcher, Swiss authoress (? 1941)
• 6. July: Annette Kellerman, Australian art swimmer and film actress (? 1975)
• 6. July: Walter Flex, German poet (? 1917)
• 7. July: Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (? 1985)
• 10. July: Gé Fortgens, Netherlands football player (? 1957)
• 13. July: Walter count von Brockdorff Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, German general in the Second World War (? 1943)
• 14. July: Phibul Songkhram, field marshal, prime minister and military dictator (? 1964)
• 16. July: Karl Uhle, German football player
• 18. July: Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling, Norwegian politician and officer (? 1945)
• 18. July: Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian national socialist (? 1945)
• 22. July: Gustav cycles per second, German physicist and Nobelpreistraeger (? 1975)
• 28. July: Marcel Duchamp, French painter and object artist (? 1968)
• 29. July: Emil Phillip, deacon of the Evangelist municipality Zossen, (? 1965)
• 29. July: Rudi Stephan, German composer (? 1915)
• 31. July: Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (? 1969)
• 2. August: Fritz Joede, German music paedagogue (? 1970)
• 2. August: Oskar Anderson one, statistician, economist (? 1960)
• 7. August: Hermann Rauschning, German music scientist and politician (? 1982)
• 7. August: Ulrich Salchow, Swedish ice art runner (? 1949)
• 9. August: Hans Oster, German career officer and resistance fighter (? 1945)
• 12. August: Erwin Schroedinger, Austrian physicist (? 1961)
• 15. August: Edna Ferber, US-American authoress (? 1968)
• 17. August: Egon desire garden, Austrian conductor and composer (? 1961)
• 17. August: Karl I., last emperor of Austria and/or. († 1922)
• 17. August: Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaican journalist (? 1940)
• 18. August: Hermann Finsterlin, utopian architect, painter, poet and composer (? 1973)
• 21. August: Maud Farris Luse, oldest woman of the world (? 2002)
• 22. August: Johann Ludwig count Schwerin von Krosigk, realm Ministers of Finance and realm ministers of foreign affairs (? 1977)
• 25. August: Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer (? 1952)
• 25. August: Friedrich William Luebke, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein (? 1954)
• 30. August: Adam Kuckhoff, German writer and resistance fighter (? 1943)
• 3. September: Max brauer, German politician (? 1972)
• 4. September: Erich leaves, academic painter
• 7. September: Herman Peltzer, Netherlands football player (? 1957)
• 8. September: Walther Hensel, German people song researcher and people song collecting tank (? 1956)
• 12. September: Augusts Lazar, Austrian authoress (? 1970)
• 13. September: Leopold Ruzicka, Swiss chemist (? 1976)
• 14. September: Friedrich wagner, archaeologist (? 1963)
• 15. September: Carlo Dávila, Chilean politician, diplomat and journalist (? 1955)
• 16. September: Nadia Boulanger, French Musikpaedagogin, komponistin and Dirigentin (? 1979)
• 18. September: Giacinto Ghia, Italian automobile designer (? 1944)
• 19. September: Erwein baron von Aretin, Bavarian journalist and homeland politician (? 1952)
• 22. September: Denis Nowell Pritt, British lawyer and politician (? 1972)
• 22. September: William Niklas, German politician (? 1957)
• 23. September: William Hoegner, German lawyer and politician (? 1980)
• 28. September: Avery Brundage, 5. President of the IOC (? 1975)
• 30. September: Lil Dagover, German actress (? 1980)
• 3. October: Rudolf Hermann, German theologian and religion philosopher (? 1962)
• 5. October: René Cassin, lawyer and Nobel peace prize carrier (? 1976)
• 6. October: Le Corbusier, French-Swiss architect (? 1965)
• 6. October: Maria Jeritza, Austrian chamber singer (Sopran) (? 1982)
• 11 October: OSCAR Shaw, US-American actor (* 1967)
• 12. October: Fritz Eichler, Austrian archaeologist (? 1971)
• 12. October: Paula of Preradovi?, Austrian authoress (? 1951)
• 13. October: Jozef Tiso, de-facto-chairmen of the Slowaki people's party (? 1947)
• 14. October: Carlo Grano, cardinal of the Roman-catholic church (? 1976)
• 15. October: Chester Ray Longwell, US-American geologist (? 1975)
• 15. October: Emil Hegetschweiler, Swiss actor (? 1959)
• 20 October: John Reed, US-American journalist (? 1920)
• 20 October: Vic Gonsalves, Netherlands football player (? 1922)
• 24. October: Henk Muller, Netherlands football player (? 1940)
• 24. October: Octave Lapize, French wheel running driver (? 1917)
• 25. October: Hans's von Tschammer and Osten, realm sport leaders in the third realm (? 1943)
• 27. October: Nico de Wolf, Netherlands football player
• 30. October: George Heym, German writer (? 1912)
• 31. October: Chiang dock shek, Chinese politician, president of the Republic of China (? 1975)
• 1. November: Max Trapp, German composer (? 1971)
• 3. November: Magda mirror, German opera singer
• 7. November: Guus van Hecking Hecking-Colenbrander, Netherlands football player (? 1945)
• 8. November: Juri Alexandrowitsch Schaporin, Russian composer (? 1966)
• 10. November: Arnold branch, German writer (? 1968)
• 10. November: Hans Ehard, German lawyer and politician (? 1980)
• 15. November: Georgia O'Keeffe, US-American painter (? 1986)
• 16. November: Hans's flower, Netherlands football player
• 17. November: Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Montgomery, British field marshal of the Second World War (? 1976)
• 17. November: Ernst August of Hanover, duke of Braunschweig Lueneburg, last governing duke of Braunschweig Lueneburg (? 1953)
• 19. November: Alfred Baeumler, German philosopher and paedagogue (? 1968)
• 19. November: James Batcheller Sumner, US-amerikanischer Chemiker († 1955)
• 23. November: Boris Karloff, englischer Filmschauspieler († 1969)
• 23. November: Henry Moseley, englischer Physiker († 1915)
• 23. November: Lothar Rendulic, österreichischer General (Generaloberst) († 1971)
• 24. November: Erich von Manstein, deutscher Generalfeldmarschall im dritten Reich († 1973)
• 25. November: Nikolai Iwanowitsch Wawilow, russischer Botaniker und Genetiker († 1943)
• 28. November: Ernst Röhm, Führer der SA († 1934)
• 7. Dezember: Ernst Toch, deutsch-österreichischer Komponist († 1964)
• 12. Dezember: Kurt Atterberg, schwedischer Komponist († 1974)
• 13. Dezember: George Pólya, US-amerikanischer Mathematiker († 1985)
• 14. Dezember: Xul Solar, argentinischer Maler († 1963)
• 15. Dezember: Theodor Busse, deutscher General († 1986)
• 15. Dezember: Zenta Maurina, lettische Schriftstellerin († 1978)
• 22. Dezember: Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan, indischer Mathematiker († 1920)
• 28. Dezember: Walter Ruttmann, deutscher Filmregisseur († 1941)
• 30. Dezember: Charlie Dunbar Broad, englischer Philosoph († 1971)

Gestorben

• 14. Januar: Friedrich von Amerling, österreichischer Maler (* 1803)
• 19. Januar: André-Charles-Victor Reille, französischer General (* 1815)
• 22. Januar: António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo, portugiesischer Politiker und Staatsmann (* 1819)
• 27. Januar: William Henzen, Epigraphiker (* 1816)
• 8. February: Albert Adamo, German category painter (* 1849)
• 19. February: Eduard Douwes Dekker, Netherlands writer (* 1820)
• 19. February: Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker), Netherlands writer (* 1820)
• 27. February: Alexander Porfirjewitsch Borodin, Russian composer, chemist and physician (* 1834)
• 4. March: Peter Johann Beckx, was general of the Jesuiten (* 1795)
• 4. March: Pierre Jean Beckx, general of the Jesuiten (* 1795)
• 19. March: Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Polish writer (* 1812)
• 2. April: Friedrich William Grimme, German writer, homeland poet and Botaniker (* 1827)
• 10. April: William Adolf Schmidt, German historian (* 1812)
• 27. April: Alfred von Reumont, German statesman and historian (* 1808)
• 8. May: Johannes of Kuhn, German theologian (* 1806)
• 23. May: Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer (* 1812)
• 4. June: William Almon Wheeler, was the 19. US vice-president (* 1819)
• 22. June: Eugenie Marlitt, German authoress conventional Meier (* 1825)
• 7. July: Adolph Bermpohl, navigation teacher, DGzRS founder (* 1833)
• 14. July: Alfred Krupp, German inventor and industrieller (* 1812)
• 25. July: John Taylor, 3. President of the church Jesu Christi of the holy ones of the last days (* 1808)
• 2. August: Gustav Werner, Evangelist minister and founder of the donation of the same name (* 1809)
• 27. August: William Valentin Volckmar, composer organist (* 1812)
• 14. September: Friedrich Theodor Vi, German writer and politician (* 1807)
• 29. September: Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (* 1810)
• 30. September: Josef Matras, Austrian actor and singer (* 1832)
• 17. October: Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, German physicist (* 1824)
• 22. October: Josef Groll, Bavarian brewing master (* : Porfirio Diaz, president (1884–1911)

Asia

• (Barakzai dynasty): Emir Abdur Rahman Khan
• : Mutsuhito, emperors (1867–1912)

Europe

• : Ludwig I., king of Portugal, (1861–1889)
• : Numa Droz, Switzerland, (1887)