Editing 1887 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Louis Pasteur]]'s anti-[[rabies]] treatment is defended in the [[Académie Nationale de Médecine]], by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* [[January 20]]
** The [[United States Senate]] allows the [[United States Navy]] to lease [[Pearl Harbor]] as a naval base.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States Naval Institute|title=Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AejNAAAAMAAJ|year=1930|publisher=The Institute|page=406}}</ref>
** British emigrant ship ''[[Kapunda (ship)|Kapunda]]'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Loss of the Kapunda: Details of the Disaster|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4659986/the_loss_of_the_kapunda_details_of_the/|accessdate=2016-03-18|work=[[Belfast Morning News]]|date=23 February 1887|page=5}}</ref>
* [[January 21]]
** The [[Amateur Athletic Union]] (AAU) is formed in the United States.
** [[Brisbane]] receives a one-day rainfall of {{convert|465|mm|in}} (a record for any Australian capital city).
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dogali]]: [[Ethiopia|Abyssinian]] troops defeat the Italians.
* [[January 28]] 
** In a snowstorm at [[Fort Keogh]], [[Montana]], the largest [[snowflake]]s on record are reported. They are {{convert|15|in|cm}} wide and {{convert|8|in|cm}} thick.
** Construction work begins on the foundations of the [[Eiffel Tower]] in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gaston Tissandier|title=The Eiffel Tower: A Description of the Monument, Its Construction, Its Machinery, Its Object, and Its Utility. With an Autographic Letter of M. Gustave Eiffel. Illustrated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfRBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27|year=1889|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington|pages=27}}</ref>
* [[February 2]] &ndash; The first [[Groundhog Day]] is observed in [[Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dana Facaros|author2=Michael Pauls|title=New York & the Mid-Atlantic States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pb4M4g9BnOUC|year=1982|publisher=Regnery Gateway|isbn=978-0-89526-856-3|page=171}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash; The [[Interstate Commerce Act of 1887]], passed by the [[49th United States Congress]], is signed into law by President [[Grover Cleveland]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Serial set (no.0-3099)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IA3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA47|year=1891|pages=47}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] &ndash; The [[Giuseppe Verdi]] opera ''[[Otello]]'' premieres at [[La Scala]], Milan.
* [[February 8]] &ndash; The [[Dawes Act]], or the General Allotment Act, is enacted in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sister Mary Antonio Johnston|title=Federal Relations with the Great Sioux Indians of South Dakota,1887-1933, with Particular Reference to Land Policy Under the Dawes Act|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg_VAAAAMAAJ|year=1948|publisher=Catholic University of America Press|page=41}}</ref>
* [[February 23]] &ndash; The [[French Riviera]] is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean.
* [[February 26]] &ndash; At the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[George Lohmann]] becomes the first [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] to take eight wickets, in a [[Test cricket|Test]] innings.
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Anne Sullivan]] begins teaching [[Helen Keller]].[[File:Helenkellerannesullivan1898.jpg|thumb|125px|right| [[March 3]]: [[Helen Keller]] and [[Anne Sullivan|Sullivan]].]]
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[North Carolina State University]] is established, as North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Chester Greenwood]] patents [[earmuffs]] in the United States.