Historical Events in 1887
44 curated events dated to this year, and 279 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1887
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Final Collection 'The Last Poems'
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First Publication of Poetry
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First published poem in Punch
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Friedrich Nietzsche Publishes 'On the Genealogy of Morality'
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Heinrich Hertz demonstrates the existence of electromagnetic radio waves
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Establishment of the Marine Hospital Laboratory on Staten Island
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First Published Poem
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Invention of the MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process for Gold Extraction
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Joining the Theosophical Society
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Nikola Tesla Develops Alternating Current System
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of Alexander Anderson'
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Publication of Driftings and Gleanings
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Recognition at the National Eisteddfod
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The Yellow River Flood Devastates Qing China
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Death of his son William
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Editor of The Pioneer and West Virginia Enterprise Newspapers
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Final Years in London
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First Bible Translation into Korean
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First Poem Published in Family Herald
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Friendship with Henry James
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Friendship with James Whitcomb Riley
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Friendship with Oscar Wilde
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Publication of Nakiketas and Other Poems
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Relocation to London
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Scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford
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Svante Arrhenius Develops Electrolyte Theory
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Appointment as a Barrister
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Birth of Eugene Field's First Child
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Education at St Paul's School
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Elinor Wylie's Childhood Move to Rosemont, Pennsylvania
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First Colonial Conference
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Idaho Opium Law Targeting White Persons (1887)
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Invention of the Gramophone
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Invention of the Photocell (Photoelectric Effect Application)
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Marriage to Elizabeth Sharp
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Paul Valéry earns his baccalauréat in Montpellier
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Prophecy of the 'Great White Father' and the Dawes Act
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Publication of Essays and Columns
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Birth of Daughter Margaret
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Marriage to Frances Mary
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Publication of 'My Ladies' Sonnets'
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Publication of 'The New York Times' Articles
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Wilde Appointed Editor of The Woman's World
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Death of Lear's Cat Foss
Poets alive in 1887
279 poets
Poets in 1887
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