Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years: 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 - 1892 - 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
Events
- November - Grover Cleveland defeats Benjamin Harrison in the U.S. presidential election, marking the first (and only) time a non-incumbent ex-President wins re-election.
- Stanley Cup donated by Sir Frederick Arthur
Births
- January 3 - JRR Tolkien, British author
- October 9 - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet
- November 5 - J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist
- December 4 - Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.
Deaths
- February 11 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer.
- May 29 - Bahaullah, Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith.
- December 6 - Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist