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

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1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• July 26 – L. L. Zamenhof published Esperanto

Births

• March 22 – Chico Marx
• December 25 – Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)