1887

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Events

• June 11 – The Charlottesville and University Street Railway began operations

Deaths

• November 9 – John Thornley dies in Charlottesville and is later buried in New York City. An alumnus of the University of Virginia and later a resident of Charlottesville, Thornley served as a surgeon for the United States Navy during both the Mexican-American War and Civil War.