The Ultimate 1886 Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference

1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar)

Years: 1883 1884 1885 - 1886 - 1887 1889 1889
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Contents

1 Events

2 Births

2.1 January
2.2 February
2.3 March
2.4 April
2.5 May
2.6 June
2.7 July
2.8 August
2.9 September
2.10 October
2.11 November
2.12 December

3 Deaths

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 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 Bergère stages its first revue.