WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1887
Find out what all happened February to May 1887

Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London. (9. May 1887)

The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments. (8. February 1887)

The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000. (23. February 1887)

In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. (2. February 1887)

On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America. (10. April 1887)

A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, Alsatian police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of German Emperor William I, defusing a possible war. (28. April 1887)

Mumbai Fire Brigade is established. (1. April 1887)

Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States. (4. April 1887)