1887
Nineteenth century date
1887 is the year following 1886 and preceding 1888.
Like any year, it serves as a temporal marker in historical writing and dating: The house was built in 1887.
Years in the 1800s are typically spoken as "eighteen eighty-seven" rather than "one thousand eight hundred eighty-seven."
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Bismarck · Gladstone · Pasteur · Verdi · Brahms · Conan Doyle · Buffalo Bill · Grover Cleveland · Sitting Bull
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Grooved disc audio player
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- monotypeNon-reproducible printed artwork
Tesla · Edison · Daimler · automobile · Benz · alternating current · patent · typewriter
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- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- Buffalo BillScout turned showman
Wild West show · British Empire · colonialism · Bismarck · Gladstone
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Van Gogh · Sullivan · Bellamy · Conan Doyle · Impressionism · realism
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- top hatTall formal headwear
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