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01 Jan 1887
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Johan Hendrik Koelman: Portrait painter, dies at 66
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14 Jan 1887
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death
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Peter "Peerke" Donders: Missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77
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14 Jan 1887
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Peter Donders, Dutch-Surinamese priest and missionary (b. 1807) |
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14 Jan 1887
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Peter "Peerke" Donders missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77
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14 Jan 1887
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Friedrich von Amerling Austrian painter, dies at 83
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17 Jan 1887
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William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) |
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10 Feb 1887
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death
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Pieter JBCR van der Aa: Dutch geographer, dies at 54
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10 Feb 1887
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Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814) |
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10 Feb 1887
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death
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Pieter van der Aa Dutch geographer, dies at 54
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15 Feb 1887
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death
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Alexander Borodin composer, dies
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19 Feb 1887
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Multatuli, Dutch-German author (b. 1820) |
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19 Feb 1887
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death
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Eduard Douwes Dekker Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66
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26 Feb 1887
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death
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Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (b. 1865) |
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27 Feb 1887
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death
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Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833) |
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27 Feb 1887
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death
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Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin Russian composer, dies at 53
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02 Mar 1887
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death
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August W Eichler: German botanist, dies at 47
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02 Mar 1887
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death
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Wilhelm Troszel: Composer, dies at 63
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08 Mar 1887
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death
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James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820) |
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08 Mar 1887
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death
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Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813) |
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16 Mar 1887
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death
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Emanuel Kania composer, dies at 59
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20 Mar 1887
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death
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Pavel Annenkov Russian literature historian, dies at 73
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24 Mar 1887
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death
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Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837) |
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28 Mar 1887
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death
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Ditler G Monrad Danish bishop/premier (1863- ), dies at 75
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11 Apr 1887
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death
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Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky composer, dies at 54
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20 Apr 1887
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death
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Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826) |
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28 Apr 1887
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death
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Carl Ferdinand Pohl composer, dies at 67
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30 Apr 1887
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death
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Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer, dies at 71
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07 May 1887
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death
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C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811) |
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08 May 1887
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death
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Alexander Ulyanov: Brother of Lenin / hanged for assassination of tsar
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11 May 1887
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death
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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (b. 1802) |
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14 May 1887
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death
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Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1808) |
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19 May 1887
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death
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Pieter Bluss
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23 May 1887
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death
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Ludwig Mathias Lindeman composer, dies at 74
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27 May 1887
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death
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Coenraad J van Houten Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
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12 Jun 1887
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death
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Gustav Weber: Composer, dies at 41
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21 Jun 1887
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death
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Adolf Schimon: Composer, dies at 67
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05 Jul 1887
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death
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August F Pott: German philological (That Personennamen)
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08 Jul 1887
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death
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Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819) |
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16 Jul 1887
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death
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Nicaise de Keyser: Flemish Painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
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17 Jul 1887
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death
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Dorothea Dix, American activist (b. 1802) |
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25 Jul 1887
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death
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John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808) |
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29 Jul 1887
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death
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Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1813) |
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08 Aug 1887
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Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808) |
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14 Aug 1887
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death
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Richard Jeffries: Naturalist / essayist
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17 Aug 1887
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death
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Franz Commer: Composer, dies at 74
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27 Aug 1887
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death
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Wilhelm Volkmar: Composer, dies at 74
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14 Sep 1887
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death
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Friedrich T Vischer: German philosopher / writer (Auch einer)
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16 Sep 1887
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death
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Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841) |
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29 Sep 1887
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death
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Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810) |
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07 Oct 1887
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death
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George James Webb: Composer, dies at 84
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17 Oct 1887
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death
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Gustav R Kirchhoff: German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63
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17 Oct 1887
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death
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Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824) |
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17 Oct 1887
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death
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Gustav Kirchoff discoverer of the laws of spectroscopy, dies
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31 Oct 1887
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death
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George Alexander Macfarren: Composer, dies at 74
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02 Nov 1887
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death
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Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (b. 1820) |
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18 Nov 1887
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death
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Eduard Marxsen: Composer, dies at 81
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18 Nov 1887
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death
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Gustav T Fechner: German psychologist / physicist, dies at 86
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18 Nov 1887
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death
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Heinrich Panofka: German violist / composer, dies at 80
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19 Nov 1887
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death
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Emma Lazarus: US Poet ("Give us your tired and poor"), dies in New York at 38
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20 Nov 1887
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death
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Louis Gallait: Belgian Painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
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25 Nov 1887
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death
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Johann J Bachofen: Swiss historic rights, dies at 71
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01 Dec 1887
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death
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Albertus J Duymaer van Twist: Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78
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05 Dec 1887
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death
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Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804) |
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09 Dec 1887
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death
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Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader |
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26 Dec 1887
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death
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Jules Francois Blasini: Curacaos pianist / composer, dies at 40
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26 Dec 1887
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death
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Jules Fran
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29 Dec 1887
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Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805) |
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