
1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1883 1884 1885 - 1886 - 1887 1889 1889 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} ==Events== *January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. *January 29 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. * March 17 - Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi. * March 19 ? Complete darkness for 10 minutes in Oshkosh, Wisconsin *April 25 - Easter occurs on latest possible date (next in 1943) * May 1 - the start of the general strike in the United States which escalated into Haymarket Riot and eventually won the eight-hour workday in the U.S. * May 4 - Emil Berliner started working on inventing the gramophone. * May 8 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would be named "Coca-Cola." * May 29 - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola (ad in the ''Atlanta Journal''). * June 2 - U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the first and only president to wed in the executive mansion. * June 10 - Eruption of Mount Tarawera volcano in New Zealand, resulting in the deaths of over 150 people and the destruction of the famous Pink and White Terraces. * July 25 ? Steve Brodie fakes a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge * June 13 - A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia. * August 4 ? William Ewart Gladstone fails to secure enough support for the Irish Home Rule in the British parliament * August 20 - A massive hurricane demolishes the town of Indianola, Texas * August 31 - Huge Earthquake hits South Carolina USA. Earthquake rods installed afterwards... Much Damage. * September 4 - Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache Tribe leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. *October 28 - In New York Harbor, US President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. * November 30 - Folies Bergere stages its first revue. * Britain annexes Burma * Etna erupts * Piccadilly Circus * William Grant & Sons founded * Wilhelm Steinitz becomes first official World Chess Champion ==Births== ===January-April=== * January 2 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian-born actress (d. 1938) * January 14 - Hugh Lofting, English-born author (d. 1947) * January 25 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954) * February 8 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970) * February 27 - Hugo Black, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1971) * March 1 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1980) * March 3 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968) * March 15 - Sergei Kirov, Soviet revolutionary (d. 1934) * March 18 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (d. 1970) * March 24 - Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958) * March 25 - Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople (d. 1972) * March 27 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969) * April 26 - Ma Rainey, American blues singer (d. 1939) ===May-December=== * May 2 - Gottfried Benn, German poet (d. 1956) * May 3 - Marcel Dupré, French composer (d. 1971) * May 17 - King Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941) * May 20 - John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, British businessman (d. 1971) * May 26 - Al Jolson, American trumpeter (d. 1950) * June 7 - Henri Coanda, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972) * June 18 - George Mallory, English climber (d. 1924) * July 12 - Jean Hersholt, Danish-born actor (d. 1956) * July 24 - Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (d. 1965) *August 27 - Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957) * September 16 - Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (d. 1966) * September 20 - Charles Williams, British author (d. 1945) * October 6 - Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960) * October 16 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973) * November 1 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951) * November 15 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951) * December 5 - Rose Wilder Lane, American author and reporter (d. 1968) * December 8 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957) * December 12 - Owen Moore, Irish actor (d. 1939) * December 18 - Ty Cobb, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1961) * December 25 - Kid Ory, American jazz musician (d. 1973) * Jacques Majorelle - French painter (d. 1962) ==Deaths== * January 17 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (b. 1834) * January 26 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) * May 15 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830) * June 13 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845) * July 1 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, German geologist (b. 1806) * July 31 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1811) * August 16 - Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Indian spiritual figure (b. 1836) * September 14 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (b. 1802) * November 18 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829) 1886 la:1886 os:1886 sq:1886 scn:1886
The year in topic layout on this page is one of three versions. I seek opinions before making them all the same; see comment on my talk page 1886 is currently conforming to proposed general model --User:BozMo 12:17, 5 May 2004 (UTC)User Talk:BozMo ==Piccadilly Circus== Why is there a link to Piccadilly Circus from this article? There is no explanation in the P.C. article itself: the earliest date mentioned there is 1893. -- User:Francs2000 | User talk:Francs2000 23:34, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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1886
1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1883 1884 1885 - 1886 - 1887 1889 1889 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} ==Events== *January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. *January 29 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. * March 17 - Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi. * March 19 ? Complete darkness for 10 minutes in Oshkosh, Wisconsin *April 25 - Easter occurs on latest possible date (next in 1943) * May 1 - the start of the general strike in the United States which escalated into Haymarket Riot and eventually won the eight-hour workday in the U.S. * May 4 - Emil Berliner started working on inventing the gramophone. * May 8 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would be named "Coca-Cola." * May 29 - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola (ad in the ''Atlanta Journal''). * June 2 - U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the first and only president to wed in the executive mansion. * June 10 - Eruption of Mount Tarawera volcano in New Zealand, resulting in the deaths of over 150 people and the destruction of the famous Pink and White Terraces. * July 25 ? Steve Brodie fakes a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge * June 13 - A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia. * August 4 ? William Ewart Gladstone fails to secure enough support for the Irish Home Rule in the British parliament * August 20 - A massive hurricane demolishes the town of Indianola, Texas * August 31 - Huge Earthquake hits South Carolina USA. Earthquake rods installed afterwards... Much Damage. * September 4 - Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache Tribe leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. *October 28 - In New York Harbor, US President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. * November 30 - Folies Bergere stages its first revue. * Britain annexes Burma * Etna erupts * Piccadilly Circus * William Grant & Sons founded * Wilhelm Steinitz becomes first official World Chess Champion ==Births== ===January-April=== * January 2 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian-born actress (d. 1938) * January 14 - Hugh Lofting, English-born author (d. 1947) * January 25 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954) * February 8 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970) * February 27 - Hugo Black, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1971) * March 1 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1980) * March 3 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968) * March 15 - Sergei Kirov, Soviet revolutionary (d. 1934) * March 18 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (d. 1970) * March 24 - Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958) * March 25 - Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople (d. 1972) * March 27 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969) * April 26 - Ma Rainey, American blues singer (d. 1939) ===May-December=== * May 2 - Gottfried Benn, German poet (d. 1956) * May 3 - Marcel Dupré, French composer (d. 1971) * May 17 - King Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941) * May 20 - John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, British businessman (d. 1971) * May 26 - Al Jolson, American trumpeter (d. 1950) * June 7 - Henri Coanda, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972) * June 18 - George Mallory, English climber (d. 1924) * July 12 - Jean Hersholt, Danish-born actor (d. 1956) * July 24 - Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (d. 1965) *August 27 - Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957) * September 16 - Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (d. 1966) * September 20 - Charles Williams, British author (d. 1945) * October 6 - Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960) * October 16 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973) * November 1 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951) * November 15 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951) * December 5 - Rose Wilder Lane, American author and reporter (d. 1968) * December 8 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957) * December 12 - Owen Moore, Irish actor (d. 1939) * December 18 - Ty Cobb, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1961) * December 25 - Kid Ory, American jazz musician (d. 1973) * Jacques Majorelle - French painter (d. 1962) ==Deaths== * January 17 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (b. 1834) * January 26 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807) * May 15 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830) * June 13 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845) * July 1 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, German geologist (b. 1806) * July 31 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1811) * August 16 - Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Indian spiritual figure (b. 1836) * September 14 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (b. 1802) * November 18 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829) 1886 la:1886 os:1886 sq:1886 scn:1886
1886
The year in topic layout on this page is one of three versions. I seek opinions before making them all the same; see comment on my talk page 1886 is currently conforming to proposed general model --User:BozMo 12:17, 5 May 2004 (UTC)User Talk:BozMo ==Piccadilly Circus== Why is there a link to Piccadilly Circus from this article? There is no explanation in the P.C. article itself: the earliest date mentioned there is 1893. -- User:Francs2000 | User talk:Francs2000 23:34, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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