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==Events==
==Events==
[[Image:North Birmingham Water Works postcard.jpg|right|thumb|325px|North Birmingham Water Works]]
* [[February 10]]: The [[Alabama State Legislature]] passed a local prohibition law forbidding the sale of liquor within 1 1/2 miles of [[Avondale Springs]] (but not applicable to incorporated areas of [[Birmingham]]).
* [[February 11]]: [[St Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church]] was founded.
* [[March 9]]: The [[Hillman Hospital|Hospital of United Charity]] was incorporated.
* [[April 27]]: [[Leeds]] was incorporated.
* [[April 27]]: [[Leeds]] was incorporated.
* [[May 1]]: [[Ferdinand Neville]] was appointed the first full-time chief of the [[Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[May 1]]: [[Ferdinand Neville]] was appointed the first full-time chief of the [[Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[May 14]]: The [[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce|Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]] was founded at a meeting at [[O'Brien's Opera House]].
* [[July 20]]: The [[Hotel Belvidere]] at [[East Lake Park]] held an "Opening Hop".
* [[August 6]]: The [[Magic City Guards]] were formally disbanded.
* [[August 6]]: The [[Magic City Guards]] were formally disbanded.
* [[August 17]]: [[A. H. Parker]] arrived in Birmingham.
* [[September 9]]: [[Bessemer]] was incorporated.
* [[September 20]]: [[John Henry]] competed in a legendary contest against a steam hammer.
* [[September 20]]: [[John Henry]] competed in a legendary contest against a steam hammer.
* September 20: [[George H. Johnson]] shot [[John Yancey]] near the intersection of [[20th Street South|20th Street]] and [[9th Avenue South|Avenue I]] in a dispute over an eviction, and also shot [[Birmingham Police Department|Birmingham Police]] Captain [[J. B. Donaldson]] in the ensuing confusion.
* [[November 25]]: Water from [[Roebuck Springs]] began filling the basin for [[East Lake Park|East Lake]], then called "Lake Como".
* [[Avondale]] was founded.
* [[Avondale]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Water Works]] completed a canal from [[Five Mile Creek]] to the [[North Birmingham Water Works]] pumping station, replacing [[Village Creek]] as a source of municipal water.
* [[Hall-Kent Elementary School]] was founded.
* The town of [[Highland]] was incorporated.
* [[Leeds]] was incorporated.
* [[Leeds]] was incorporated.
* [[Edward M. Tutwiler]] was married to the former Margaret Lee Chewning.
* [[Samford University|Howard College]] moved to [[East Lake]].
* [[Samford University|Howard College]] moved to [[East Lake]].
* [[Hall-Kent Elementary School]] was founded.
* The first [[Carbon Hill Post Office]] was established with [[John T. Anderson]] as postmaster.
* The [[Birmingham Water Works]] completed a canal from [[Five Mile Creek]] to the [[North Birmingham Water Works]] pumping station, replacing [[Village Creek]] as a source of municipal water.


=== Business ===
=== Business ===
* [[January 26]]: [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] was blown in.
* [[January 26]]: [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] was blown in.
* [[August 3]]:  [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of ''[[The Daily Herald]]''.
* March: The [[Gate City Land Company]] was organized by [[Robert Warnock]] and [[N. W. Smith, Jr]].
* [[May 1]]: [[J. C. Marks & Company]], a wholesale wine, liquor and cigar dealer, was organized.
* [[June 14]]: The [[East Lake Railroad]] began service.
* [[August 3]]:  [[William Pinckard]] published the first edition of ''[[The Daily Herald]]''.
* August 3: [[Y. E. Holloway]] opened his Private Medical Dispensary.
* September: [[Parisian|Parisian Dry Goods & Millinery Company]] was founded by sisters [[Bertha Sommers]] and [[Estalla Reinach|Estalle Sommers Reinach]].
* [[December 16]]: The [[New York Model Bakery]] opened on [[22nd Street South]].
* [[G. L. Anderson]] founded the [[Anderson Electric|G. L. Anderson Brass Works]].
* The [[Berney Bank of Bessemer]] was organized by [[William Berney|William]] and [[Chollet Berney]].
* The [[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce|Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]] was extended to [[Ensley]].
* The [[SouthTrust Bank|Birmingham Trust and Savings Company]] was founded.
* [[Walter Brownell]] founded the [[Brownell Travel|Brownell Travel Bureau]] by organizing a 10-person trip to Switzerland.
* [[Charles Ferguson]] founded the short-lived ''[[Blount Springs Herald Weekly]]''.
* [[Charles Ferguson]] founded the short-lived ''[[Blount Springs Herald Weekly]]''.
* The [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]] was extended to [[Ensley]].
* The [[Coalburg Coal and Coke Company]] was sold to the [[Sloss Iron and Steel Company]].
* The [[Coalburg Coal and Coke Company]] was sold to the [[Sloss Iron and Steel Company]].
* [[Parisian|Parisian Dry Goods & Millinery Company]] was founded.
* The [[SouthTrust Bank|Birmingham Trust and Savings Company]] was founded.
* [[Loveman's]] department store opened its first location in downtown Birmingham.
* [[Loveman's]] department store opened its first location in downtown Birmingham.
* The [[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce|Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]] was founded.
* The [[Perry-Mason Shoe Co.]] was founded.
* The [[Denechaud House]] hotel and restaurant opened at 2107 [[2nd Avenue North]]
* The city's first stenographer, [[Zennie Tomlinson]], arrived to work for the [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]].
 
===Sports===
* The [[Birmingham Barons]] began playing professional baseball.
 
== Individuals ==
* [[August 17]]: [[A. H. Parker]] arrived in Birmingham.
* [[Joseph Johnston]] was named president of the [[Sloss Iron & Steel Company]].
* [[Joseph Johnston]] was named president of the [[Sloss Iron & Steel Company]].
* The [[Berney Bank of Bessemer]] was organized by [[William Berney|William]] and [[Chollet Berney]].
* [[Walter Brownell]] founded the [[Brownell Travel|Brownell Travel Bureau]] by organizing a 10-person trip to Switzerland.
* [[G. L. Anderson]] founded the [[Anderson Electric|G. L. Anderson Brass Works]].
* [[Erskine Ramsay]] was hired by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] to superintend the [[Pratt Mines]].
* [[Erskine Ramsay]] was hired by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] to superintend the [[Pratt Mines]].


== Individuals ==
===Births===
===Births===
[[Image:Kelly Ingram.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Kelly Ingram]]
* [[February 21]]: [[B. O. Hargrove]], [[Birmingham Fire Department|Birmingham Fire Chief]]
* [[February 21]]: [[B. O. Hargrove]], [[Birmingham Fire Department|Birmingham Fire Chief]]
* [[April 8]]: [[John Buchanan Sr]], Baptist minister
* [[April 18]]: [[Brooke Burnham]], architect
* [[June 1]]: [[Ewart Walker|Ewart "Dixie" Walker]], baseball pitcher  
* [[June 1]]: [[Ewart Walker|Ewart "Dixie" Walker]], baseball pitcher  
* [[June 6]]: [[Hubert Harper]], political cartoonist
* [[June 6]]: [[Hubert Harper]], political cartoonist
* [[July 22]]: [[Beach Chenoweth]], businessman
* [[August 4]]: [[Kelly Ingram]], [[World War I]] hero
* [[August 4]]: [[Kelly Ingram]], [[World War I]] hero
* [[September 22]]: [[Herbert Salmon]], mining engineer
* [[September 29]]: [[Virgil Elmore]], retailer
* [[November 19]]: [[Jack Nabors]], baseball player
* [[November 19]]: [[Jack Nabors]], baseball player
* [[December 8]]: [[Eddie Dent]], baseball pitcher
* [[December 8]]: [[Eddie Dent]], baseball pitcher
* [[Charles Gardner]], [[Jefferson County Sheriffs Office|Jefferson County Deputy]]
* [[Charles Gardner]], [[Jefferson County Sheriffs Office|Jefferson County Deputy]]
* [[Mignon Blair|Mignon Hall Blair]], newspaper reporter
* [[Roscoe Chandler]], owner of the [[Famous Cafeteria]]
* [[Jim Snell|"Sunny Jim" Snell]], circus clown


===Weddings===
===Marriages===
* [[March 7]]: [[Miriam Bethea|Miriam Woodward]] to [[Sumter Bethea]]
* [[March 7]]: [[Miriam Bethea|Miriam Woodward]] to [[Sumter Bethea]]
* [[October 7]]: Mary R. Smith to [[George Cruikshank]]
* [[October 7]]: Mary R. Smith to [[George Cruikshank]]
* December: [[Ernest Loosley]] to the former Isabel Thompson
* [[Edward M. Tutwiler]] to the former Margaret Lee Chewning


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[September 10]]: [[Theophilus Jowers]], furnace worker
* [[September 10]]: [[Theophilus Jowers]], furnace worker
* [[William Brodie]], labor leader
* [[William Brodie]], labor leader
* [[William Ezekiel Arnold]], Methodist minister


== Works ==
== Works ==
[[Image:Bessemer Block.jpg|right|225px]]
* [[James Mayfield]] developed the formula for [[Celery-Cola]].
* [[James Mayfield]] developed the formula for [[Celery-Cola]].


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* [[Berney Brothers Block]]
* [[Berney Brothers Block]]
* [[Bessemer Block]]
* [[Bessemer Block]]
* [[Jeremiah Brake residence]] in [[Warrior]]
* [[Caldwell-Milner building]] on [[1st Avenue North]]
* [[John Dwyer residence]]
* [[John Dwyer residence]]
* [[East Lake United Methodist Church]]
* [[East Lake United Methodist Church]]
* [[Ensley Hotel]]
* [[Ensley Hotel]]
* [[L & N Station]] on [[Morris Avenue]]
* [[L & N Station]] on [[Morris Avenue]]
* [[1887 A. O. Lane residence|A. O. Lane residence]] on [[8th Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]]
* [[McLester & Van Hoose]] expanded their warehouse on [[Morris Avenue]]
* [[McLester & Van Hoose]] expanded their warehouse on [[Morris Avenue]]
* [[Hotel Royal]]
==Context==
In 1887, the first Groundhog Day celebration was held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Anne Sullivan was hired to teach Helen Keller. Gottleib Daimler completed his first automobile. Queen Victoria celebrated her golden jubilee after 50 years on the throne. Flooding of the Yellow River in China killed 900,000.


==Sports==
Notable books published in 1887 included ''A Study in Scarlet'' by Arthur Conan Doyle, ''Allan Quatermain'' and ''She'' by H. Rider Haggard, ''A Crystal Age'' by W. H. Hudson, ''Noli Me Tangere'' by José Rizal, ''The Autobiography of Charles Darwin'' by Charles Darwin, and ''On the Genealogy of Morality'' by Friedrich Nietzsche.  Notable music released in 1887 included Double Concerto in A minor by Johannes Brahms, Third Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor by Edvard Grieg, the comic opera ''Ruddigore'' by Gilbert and Sullivan, and the opera ''Otello'' by Giuseppe Verdi.
* The [[Birmingham Barons]] began playing professional baseball.


==Context==
Notable births in 1887 included comedian Chico Marx, actor Fatty Arbuckle, painter Marc Chagall, baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson, physicist Erwin Schrödinger, publisher Marcus Garvey, architect Le Corbusier, Chinese political and military leader Chiang Kai-shek, painter Georgia O'Keefe, and actor Boris Karloff. Notable deaths included reformer Henry Ward Beecher, social activist Dorothea Dix, gunfighter Doc Holliday, and poet Emma Lazarus.
1887 was the year of the first Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Anne Sullivan was hired to teach Helen Keller. Gottleib Daimler completed his first automobile. Queen Victoria celebrated her golden jubilee after 50 years on the throne. Flooding of the Yellow River in China killed 900,000. 1887 births include Chico Marx, Fatty Arbuckle, Marc Chagall, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Marcus Garvey, Le Corbusier, Chiang Kai-shek, and Georgia O'Keefe. Deaths included Henry Ward Beecher, Dorothea Dix, and Emma Lazarus.


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Latest revision as of 15:06, 19 January 2024

1887 was the 16th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham in 1871.

Events

North Birmingham Water Works

Business

Sports

Individuals

Births

Kelly Ingram

Marriages

Deaths

Works

Bessemer Block.jpg

Books

Buildings

Context

In 1887, the first Groundhog Day celebration was held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Anne Sullivan was hired to teach Helen Keller. Gottleib Daimler completed his first automobile. Queen Victoria celebrated her golden jubilee after 50 years on the throne. Flooding of the Yellow River in China killed 900,000.

Notable books published in 1887 included A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, Allan Quatermain and She by H. Rider Haggard, A Crystal Age by W. H. Hudson, Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin, and On the Genealogy of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche. Notable music released in 1887 included Double Concerto in A minor by Johannes Brahms, Third Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor by Edvard Grieg, the comic opera Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, and the opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi.

Notable births in 1887 included comedian Chico Marx, actor Fatty Arbuckle, painter Marc Chagall, baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson, physicist Erwin Schrödinger, publisher Marcus Garvey, architect Le Corbusier, Chinese political and military leader Chiang Kai-shek, painter Georgia O'Keefe, and actor Boris Karloff. Notable deaths included reformer Henry Ward Beecher, social activist Dorothea Dix, gunfighter Doc Holliday, and poet Emma Lazarus.

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