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=== July–September === * [[July]] – [[James Blyth (engineer)|James Blyth]] operates the first working [[wind turbine]] at [[Marykirk]], Scotland.<ref>{{cite ODNB|last=Price|first=Trevor J.|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/100957|title=Blyth, James (1839–1906)|edition=Online|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/100957|access-date=2014-04-16}} </ref> * [[July 1]] – Construction of the iron structure of the [[Eiffel Tower]] starts in Paris, France. * [[July 6]] – King [[Kalākaua]] of [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Hawai'i]] is forced by anti-monarchists to sign the '[[1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|Bayonet Constitution]]', stripping the [[Hawaiian monarchy]] of much of its authority, as well as [[Disenfranchisement|disenfranchising]] most [[native Hawaiians]], all [[Asians in Hawaii|Asians]] and the poor. * [[July 12]] – [[Odense Boldklub]], the Danish football team, is founded as the Odense Cricket Club. * [[July 19]] – [[Dorr Eugene Felt]] receives the first U.S. patent for his [[comptometer]].<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US366945 U.S. Patent No. 366,945], filed July 6, 1886; second patent granted October 11, 1887: [https://patents.google.com/patent/US371496 U.S. Patent No. 371,496], filed March 12, 1887.</ref> * [[July 21]] - 10 Italian workers killed and 6 injured by a train in New Jersey<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 22, 1887 |title=Ten Men Cut To Pieces - A Train Runs Over A Gang Of Italians |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/07/22/issue.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |pages=5}}</ref> * [[July 26]] ** [[L. L. Zamenhof]] publishes "''[[Unua Libro]]''" (''Dr. Esperanto's International Language''), the first description of [[Esperanto]], the [[Constructed language|constructed]] [[international auxiliary language]]. ** [[Blackpool F.C.]] is created in England, U.K. * [[August]] – The earliest constituent of the U.S. [[National Institutes of Health]] is established at the Marine Hospital, [[Staten Island]], as the Laboratory of Hygiene. * [[August 13]] – [[Hibernian F.C.]] of Scotland defeats [[Preston North End F.C.]] of England to win the 'Championship of the World', after the two teams win the [[Association football]] Cup competitions in their respective countries. * [[September 5]] – The [[Theatre Royal, Exeter]], England, burns down, killing 186 people. * [[September 28]] – The [[1887 Yellow River flood]] begins in China, killing 900,000 to 2,000,000 people. [[File:Flag of Esperanto.svg|thumb|135px|right| [[July 26]]: [[Esperanto]]]]
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