In 1887, Hugh Nicol set a still-standing Major League record with 138 stolen bases, many of which would not have counted under modern rules.

In Dublin, Ireland there is a bronze plaque depicting this 13 August 1887 event on the statue of expedition Surgeon Major Thomas Heazle Parke who removed the arrow and sucked the poison from the wound.

* Jack Martin ( 1887 – 1980 ), Major League Baseball infielder who played for the 1912 New York Yankees ( Highlanders ), 1914 Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves, who lived out his twilight years in Brick Township and is the namesake of Jack Martin Boulevard.

Joseph Jefferson Jackson ( July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951 ), nicknamed " Shoeless Joe ", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century.

* George F. Moore ( general ) ( 1887 – 1949 ), Major General in the US Army in World War II

The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio.

* Major and Minor ( 1887 )

Walter Perry Johnson ( November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946 ), nicknamed " Barney " and " The Big Train ", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

With the aide of Major Frank P. Crandon, tax commissioner with the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, he successfully lobbied the Wisconsin Legislature for the creation of Forest County, which was established in 1887.

Grover Cleveland Alexander ( February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950 ), nicknamed " Old Pete ", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.

His only Major League appearance took place on July 22, 1887, when the Philadelphia Athletics signed him from the Reading club to pitch in a game against the Cleveland Blues at Jefferson Street Grounds.

Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. ( May 2, 1887 – March 25, 1951 ), nicknamed " Cocky ", was an American Major League Baseball second baseman, manager and executive.

* Sam Jones ( Confederate Army officer ) ( 1819 – 1887 ), Civil War Confederate Major General

Wellesley received the rank of Major in his regiment and Colonel in the British Army on 1 August 1887.

Harry Bartholomew Hooper ( August 24, 1887 – December 18, 1974 ) was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century.

Thompson's 1887 total of 166 RBIs stood as a Major League record for 34 years until Babe Ruth broke the record in.

Major silver production ended by 1887, although there was a slight revival in the 1910s.

He eventually became a Major in the 95th Battalion, and was promoted to a command position on June 17, 1887.

Tinker Air Force Base is named in honor of Major General Clarence L. Tinker ( 1887 – 1942 ).

Major Edward Bamford VC, DSO ( 28 May 1887 – 30 September 1928 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth military forces.

These include Kenneth Anderson ( 1910 – 1974 ) and Douglas Hamilton ( 1818 – 1892 ) in southern India, F. M. Bailey ( 1882 – 1967 ) and Major R. W. G. Hingston ( 1887 – 1966 ) in the Himalayas, Jim Corbett ( 1875 – 1955 ) in the foothills of the Himalayas, R. C. Morris ( 1894 – 1977 ) in the Biligirirangan Hills and George P. Sanderson in central India.

Joseph Vincent McCarthy ( April 21, 1887 – January 13, 1978 ) was a US manager in Major League Baseball, most renowned for his leadership of the " Bronx Bombers " teams of the New York Yankees from 1931 to 1946.

* David Blake ( general ) ( born 1887 ), Australian Major General

Major General George Alexander Renny VC ( 12 May 1825 – 5 January 1887 ) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

In 1887, the National League and American Association agreed to abide by some uniform rule changes and decreased the number of balls required for a walk to five.

However, the variance between methods results in differing recognition for the 1887 National League batting champion.

They won the West London Amateur Cup in 1887 and, having shortened the name from Fulham Excelsior to its present form in 1888, they then won the West London League in 1893 at the first attempt.

From 1887, anarchists began to outnumber socialists in the Socialist League.

The 3rd Annual Conference of the League, held in London on 29 May 1887 marked the change, with a majority of the 24 branch delegates voting in favor of an anarchist-sponsored resolution declaring that " This conference endorses the policy of abstention from parliamentary action, hitherto pursued by the League, and sees no sufficient reason for altering it.

The rivalry started when the Pittsburgh Pirates entered National League play in their fifth season of 1887, four years after the Phillies.

The franchise joined the National League in its sixth season in 1887 and was competitive from its early years, winning three National League titles from 1901 to 1903, playing in the very first World Series in 1903 and winning their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner.

From 1887, anarchists began to outnumber socialists in the Socialist League.

The 3rd Annual Conference of the League, held in London on 29 May 1887 marked the change, with a majority of the 24 branch delegates voting in favor of an anarchist-sponsored resolution declaring that " This conference endorses the policy of abstention from parliamentary action, hitherto pursued by the League, and sees no sufficient reason for altering it.

The IWW founded the Anti-Conscription League ( ACL ) in which IWW members worked with the broader labour and peace movement, and also carried on an aggressive propaganda campaign in its own name ; leading to the imprisonment of Tom Barker ( 1887 – 1970 ) the editor of the IWW paper Direct Action, sentenced to twelve months in March 1916.

The first league, the National Colored Base Ball League, was organized strictly as a minor league but failed in 1887 after only two weeks owing to low attendance.

The success of the Cubans led to the creation of the first recognized " Negro league " in 1887 – the National Colored Base Ball League.

* National Colored Baseball League, 1887.

in 1887 – 88, before adopting the name Southampton St. Mary's when the club joined the Southern League in 1894.

In 1887, Irish Land League campaigners, led by John Mandeville, organised a rent strike at the estate of Lady Kingston at Mitchelstown.

The Orange Tornadoes and Newark Tornadoes were two manifestations of a long-lived professional American football franchise that existed in some form from 1887 to 1971, having played in the National Football League from 1929 to 1930, the American Association from 1936 to 1941, the Atlantic Coast Football League from 1963 to 1964 and 1970 to 1971, and the Continental Football League from 1965 to 1969.

* Cleveland Spiders ( 1887 – 1899 ), a former Major League Baseball team from Cleveland, Ohio

* Detroit Wolverines, a Major League Baseball team in the 1880s, winners of the 1887 national championship

* Bugs Reisigl ( 1887 – 1957 ), Major League Baseball pitcher

Michael Joseph Tiernan ( January 21, 1867 – November 7, 1918 ), nicknamed " Silent Mike ", was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played exclusively for the New York Giants from 1887 to 1899.

John Michael " Red " Corriden ( September 4, 1887 – September 28, 1959 ) was a player, coach, manager and scout in American Major League Baseball.