Question: In what year was the writer of the 1887 story "Kidnapped" born?

full_context: Document 1: The Second Jungle Book: The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The original book is now worth $3.4 million. The 1994 film "The Jungle Book" used this book as a source.
Document 2: Kim (novel): Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in "McClure's Magazine" from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in "Cassell's Magazine" from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. The story unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue.
Document 3: 1896 in poetry: — closing lines of Rudyard Kipling's "If—", first published this year
Document 4: Toomai of the Elephants: Toomai of the Elephants is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young elephant-handler. It was first published in "St Nicholas Magazine" (December 1893) and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, "The Jungle Book" (1894).
Document 5: Letting in the Jungle: "Letting In the Jungle" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling which continues Mowgli's adventures from "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Tiger! Tiger!". The story was written at Kipling's parents' home in Tisbury, Wiltshire, and is therefore the only Mowgli story not written in Vermont.
Document 6: If—: "If—" is a poem by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling, written in 1895 and first published in "Rewards and Fairies", 1910. It is a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John. As poetry, "If—" is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism.
Document 7: A Choice of Kipling's Verse: A Choice of Kipling's Verse, made by T. S. Eliot, with an essay on Rudyard Kipling is a book first published in December 1941 (by Faber and Faber in UK, and by Charles Scribner's Sons in U.S.A.). It is in two parts. The first part is an essay by American-born British poet T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), in which he discusses the nature and stature of British poet Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936); it is divided into two sections. The second part consists of a selection of Kipling's poems made by Eliot.
Document 8: Rudyard Kipling: A Remembrance Tale: Rudyard Kipling: A Remembrance Tale was a 1-hour 2006 BBC documentary on the life of Rudyard Kipling, particularly as relating to his loss of his son during the First World War. It was presented by Griff Rhys Jones and starred Peter Guinness as Kipling. It premiered on BBC One on Remembrance Sunday 2006.
Document 9: A Death-Bed: "A Death-Bed" is a poem by English poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). It was first published in April 1919, in the collection "The Years Between". Later publications identified the year of writing as 1918. Kipling's only son, John, had been reported missing in action in 1915, during the Battle of Loos. Kipling was grief-stricken. "A Death-Bed" has been described as "the most savage poem Kipling ever wrote", and as "overtly distasteful".
Document 10: Rudyard Kipling: Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
Document 11: Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House): Naulakha, also known as the Rudyard Kipling House, is a historic Shingle Style house on Kipling Road in Dummerston, Vermont, a few miles outside Brattleboro. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 for its association with the author Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), who had it built in 1893 and made it his home until 1896. It is in this house that Kipling wrote "Captains Courageous", "The Jungle Book", "The Day's Work", and "The Seven Seas", and did work on "Kim" and "The Just So Stories". Kipling named the house after the Naulakha Pavilion, situated inside Lahore Fort in Pakistan. The house is now owned by the Landmark Trust, and is available for rent.
Document 12: Kidnapped (short story): The Rudyard Kipling story "Kidnapped" was first published in the "Civil and Military Gazette" on March 21, 1887, in the first Indian edition of "Plain Tales from the Hills" (1888), and in subsequent editions of that collection.
Document 13: His Chance in Life: "His Chance in Life" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the first Indian edition of "Plain Tales from the Hills" (1888), and in subsequent editions of that collection. The story is illuminating about Kipling's attitudes to race, which are less cut-and-dried than is often thought. Kipling is interesting, if not very detailed, on people of mixed race and the snobberies involved. (For some detail, see the Kipling Society notes.)
Document 14: Stalky &amp; Co.: Stalky & Co. is a novel by Rudyard Kipling about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of school stories whose juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority. According to his family, Kipling enjoyed reading aloud stories from "Stalky & Co." to them and often went into spasms of laughter over his own jokes. It was first published in 1899 (following serialisation in the "Windsor Magazine"). Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters. It is set at an unnamed school referred to as "the College" or "the Coll.", which is based on the United Services College in Devon, which Kipling attended. The character Beetle, one of the main trio, is partly based on Kipling himself, while the charismatic character Stalky is based on Lionel Dunsterville, M'Turk is based on George Charles Beresford, Mr King is based on William Carr Crofts, and the school Head, Mr. Bates, is based on Cormell Price.
Document 15: The Ballad of East and West: "The Ballad of East and West" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in 1889, and has been much collected and anthologised since. Its first line is often quoted, sometimes to ascribe racism to Kipling, particularly in regard to the British Empire. Those who quote it thus often completely miss the third and fourth lines. The full refrain, with which the poem opens and closes, includes a contradiction of the opening line:
ground_truth: 1865