1887 deaths

Polish-Russian biologist (1822-1887)

British civil engineer, lighthouse designer and meteorologist

19th-century samurai

American businessman and politician from Massachusetts (1820-1887)

British Royal Navy admiral (1802-1887)

American poet (1816-1887)

Ottoman-Bosnian local leader (1834–1887)

palaeontologist, chemist (1809–1887)

German businessman (1813–1887)

Union Army general (1811-1887)

American botanist (1813–1887)

German indologist (1807-1887)

German musician (1806–1887)

British colonial administrator (1807-1887)

German general (1809–1887)

British gardener and botanist (1821–1887)

Likelike (; Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili; January 13, 1851February 2, 1887) was a princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom and member of the reigning House of Kalākaua. She was born in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu. Likelike's parents were Analea Keohokālole and Caesar Kapaʻakea, and the family were members of the aliʻi class of the Hawaiian nobility. Before the age of six, she was raised on the island of Hawaii for her health. Likelike later returned to Honolulu, where she was educated by Roman Catholic and Congregationalist teachers in the city's girls' schools.

German vegetarian and Evangelical clergyman (1814-1887)

Italian engineer (1808–1887)

Austrian doctor (1812–1887)

politician (1832-1887)

Hungarian photographer (1812-1887)

French painter (1840-1887)

Costa Rican politician (1816-1887)

French cardinal (1806–1887)

Italian explorer (1852–1887)

French chansonnier, poet, librettist and playwright

Polish politician, historian and journalist (1831-1887)

British climber (1841–1887)

Ottoman Armenian jurist, politician and writer

Swedish botanist (1811-1887)

French vice-admiral and politician (1815-1887)

lawyer, congressman, the 30th and 35th Governor of Virginia (1796–1887)

Texas cattle rancher and gunfighter (1840-1887)

Italian divine (1812-1887)

German gynecologist (1838–1887)

German painter (1810-1887)

Canadian writer (1850-1887)

American politician, Arkansas (1823-1887)

German politician (1813–1887)

American Mormon writer (1804-1887)

French painter (1816-1887)

Founding President of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, Lutheran Theologian, Publisher

French engraver and painter (1834–1887)

Austrian botanist, traveller and doctor (1831-1887)

French philologist (1809–1887)

French general (1804-1887)

American politician (1805-1887)

Union United States Army general (1824-1887)

German writer and suffragist (1832–1887)

British architect (1819–1887)

French military engineer (1851-1887)

Finnish painter (1810-1887)

German historian (1812-1887)

linguist, writer, journalist, translator

Bolivian writer and composer

President of El Salvador (1818-1887)

German artist (1821–1887)

Romanian academic and polyglot (1805-1887)

Italian cardinal (1810–1887)