1886 - What happened in 1886 ?

January 1886

Monday 18:

Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.

Friday 29:

Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

March 1886

Monday 01:

Anglo-Chinese School,Singapore was founded by Bishop William Oldham.

Wednesday 17:

Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.

April 1886

Tuesday 06:

Vancouver, British Columbia is incorporated as a city.

May 1886

Saturday 01:

The start of the general strike which eventually wins the eight-hour workday in the United States. These events are today commemorated as May Day or Labour Day in most industrialized countries.

Tuesday 04:

Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.

Saturday 08:

Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named "Coca-Cola".

Saturday 29:

Putney Bridge opened in west London.

June 1886

Wednesday 02:

U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.

Thursday 10:

Eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.

Sunday 13:

A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.

July 1886

Saturday 03:

The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

August 1886

Tuesday 31:

Earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina

September 1886

Saturday 04:

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.

Thursday 09:

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.

Tuesday 14:

Typewriter ribbon patented.

October 1886

Friday 01:

The U.S. mint in Carson City, Nevada, closes.

Thursday 07:

Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.

Thursday 28:

In New York Harbor, US President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

Friday 29:

The ticker-tape parade is invented in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

November 1886

Tuesday 30:

Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

December 1886

Wednesday 08:

American Federation of Labor founded.