1887
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1884 1885 1886 – 1887 – 1888 1889 1890 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1887 MDCCCLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2640 |
| Armenian calendar | 1336 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6637 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 43–44 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1808–1809 |
| Bengali calendar | 1294 |
| Berber calendar | 2837 |
| British Regnal year | 50 Vict. 1 – 51 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2431 |
| Burmese calendar | 1249 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7395–7396 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4583 or 4523 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4584 or 4524 |
| Coptic calendar | 1603–1604 |
| Discordian calendar | 3053 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1879–1880 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5647–5648 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1943–1944 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1808–1809 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4987–4988 |
| Holocene calendar | 11887 |
| Igbo calendar | 887–888 |
| Iranian calendar | 1265–1266 |
| Islamic calendar | 1304–1305 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 20 (明治２０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1816–1817 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4220 |
| Minguo calendar | 25 before ROC 民前25年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 419 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2429–2430 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 2013 or 1632 or 860 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 2014 or 1633 or 861 |
1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1887th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 887th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1887, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- July 26 – L. L. Zamenhof published Esperanto[1]
Births
[change | change source]- March 22 – Chico Marx
- December 25 – Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Esperanto, The Universal Language, Celebrates its 125th Birthday". 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
Created in Warsaw on the 26th July 1887 by the young, 27 year-old, Polish ophthalmologist, Ludwig Zamenhof, Esperanto attempts to break down language barriers that exist between different countries and different cultures.