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* [[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]].
* [[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 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.
* [[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 [[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.
* The town of [[Highland]] was incorporated.


=== Business ===
=== Business ===
* [[January 26]]: [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] was blown in.
* [[January 26]]: [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] was blown in.
* [[June 14]]: The [[East Lake Railroad]] began service.
* [[June 14]]: The [[East Lake Railroad]] began service.
* [[August 3]]:  [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of ''[[The Daily Herald]]''.
* [[August 3]]:  [[William Pinckard]] published the first edition of ''[[The Daily Herald]]''.
* [[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]].
* [[Loveman's]] department store opened its first location in downtown Birmingham.
* [[Parisian|Parisian Dry Goods & Millinery Company]] was founded.
* [[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.
===Sports===
* The [[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce|Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]] was founded.
* 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]]
* [[June 1]]: [[Ewart Walker|Ewart "Dixie" Walker]], baseball pitcher  
* [[June 1]]: [[Ewart Walker|Ewart "Dixie" Walker]], baseball pitcher  
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* [[Charles Gardner]], [[Jefferson County Sheriffs Office|Jefferson County Deputy]]
* [[Charles Gardner]], [[Jefferson County Sheriffs Office|Jefferson County Deputy]]


===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]].
* [[Edward M. Tutwiler]] to the former Margaret Lee Chewning.


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
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== Works ==
== Works ==
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* [[James Mayfield]] developed the formula for [[Celery-Cola]].
* [[James Mayfield]] developed the formula for [[Celery-Cola]].


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* [[McLester & Van Hoose]] expanded their warehouse on [[Morris Avenue]]
* [[McLester & Van Hoose]] expanded their warehouse on [[Morris Avenue]]


==Sports==
==Context==
* The [[Birmingham Barons]] began playing professional baseball.
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.


==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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Revision as of 09:56, 10 April 2012

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

Events

Business

Sports

Individuals

Births

Kelly Ingram

Marriages

Deaths

Works

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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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