Notable Historical Events - 1886
1886 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California) |
Jan 15 |
Weekly Herald, 1st newspaper in Vancouver, BC, publishes 1st issue |
Jan 18 |
Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. |
Jan 19 |
Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota |
Jan 26 |
Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor |
Jan 27 |
1st British government of Salisbury resigns |
Jan 29 |
1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe |
Feb 9 |
Pres Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence |
Feb 12 |
2nd British government of Salisbury forms |
Feb 13 |
Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class |
Feb 23 |
Aluminum manufacturing process developed |
Feb 23 |
London Times publishes world's 1st classified ad |
Feb 23 |
Tsjaikovski's symphony "Manfred," premieres |
Mar 1 |
The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. |
Mar 6 |
1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA |
Mar 6 |
1st US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, NYC |
Mar 17 |
Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 African Americans killed |
Mar 20 |
1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass |
Mar 26 |
1st cremation in England |
Mar 29 |
Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke |
Apr 6 |
City of Vancouver BC incorporated |
Apr 6 |
Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga |
Apr 8 |
William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. |
Apr 8 |
First Home Rule Bill for Ireland presented by Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister of Britain, to the House of Commons |
Apr 25 |
Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna |
Apr 29 |
1st public Dutch electricity opens |
May 1 |
US general strike for 8-hour working day begins |
May 3 |
M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC |
May 4 |
Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen |
May 5 |
The Bay View Tragedy occurs, as militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven. |
May 8 |
Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) |
May 14 |
12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.50 |
May 19 |
Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C premieres |
May 21 |
14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45 |
Jun 1 |
The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31. |
Jun 2 |
Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom) |
Jun 3 |
24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo, Uganda |
Jun 5 |
20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41 |
Jun 8 |
First Home Rule Bill for Ireland defeated by 343 votes to 313 in the British House of Common |
Jun 13 |
Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, BC |
Jun 13 |
King Ludwig II of Bavaria found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM at 40. Builder of palace of Neuschwanstein and patron of Wagner |
Jul 3 |
1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine |
Jul 3 |
In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile |
Jul 4 |
1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC |
Jul 6 |
Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public |
Jul 10 |
George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company |
Jul 10 |
Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand) |
Jul 17 |
10th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw beats H Lawford (6-0 5-7 6-3 6-4) |
Jul 23 |
Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge |
Jul 24 |
China takes British protectorate of Burma |
Jul 28 |
British Salisbury government forms |
Aug 1 |
Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand |
Aug 4 |
Colombia adopts constitution |
Aug 12 |
W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust, The Oval |
Aug 13 |
John A. Macdonald uses a silver hammer to pound a gold spike, officially completing the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in British Columbia |
Aug 15 |
Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game |
Aug 18 |
Carr Baker Neel & Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Association doubles |
Aug 25 |
1st international polo meet (US vs England) |
Aug 31 |
1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die |
Aug 31 |
Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized |
Sep 1 |
Netherland's New Code of Criminal law enforced |
Sep 4 |
Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war |
Sep 6 |
Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) |
Sep 9 |
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized. |
Sep 11 |
Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup |
Sep 14 |
George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon |
Sep 25 |
Comedy opera "Dorothy" 1st produced in London |
Oct 1 |
US mint at Carson City, Nevada, closes |
Oct 6 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient" (BG) |
Oct 7 |
Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba |
Oct 8 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" (BG) |
Oct 10 |
1st dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY |
Oct 12 |
Hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas |
Oct 12 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" (BG) |
Oct 23 |
St Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10 |
Oct 26 |
Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain" premieres in Russia |
Oct 27 |
Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain" performed in Russia |
Oct 28 |
Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City |
Oct 30 |
Great Britain and Germany agree boundaries in East Africa |
Nov 1 |
Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka was established with 37 students. |
Nov 3 |
Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curacao |
Nov 4 |
Edward MacDowell's "Ophelia" premieres |
Nov 22 |
Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia |
Nov 30 |
First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo, NY |
Nov 30 |
The Folies Bergère stages its first revue. |
Dec 8 |
American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president |
Dec 16 |
Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" |
Dec 22 |
1st national accountants' society in US formed (NYC) |
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