WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1887
Find out what all happened May to December 1887

David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights. (6. July 1887)

Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire. (1. October 1887)

The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (9. November 1887)

Fire at Theatre Royal in Exeter, England killed 186 (5. September 1887)

Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed. (11. November 1887)

Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal begins at Eastham. (11. November 1887)

Bloody Sunday clashes in central London. (13. November 1887)

Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement. (26. July 1887)

The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed. (18. June 1887)

The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi. (4. July 1887)

Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opens in Bombay. (20. June 1887)

Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' – his punched card calculator. (8. June 1887)

The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park. (23. June 1887)

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

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