Editing 1886 (section)

== Events ==

=== January–March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Upper Burma]] is formally annexed to [[British rule in Burma|British Burma]], following its conquest in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] of [[November]] [[1885]].
* [[January 5]]&ndash;[[January 9|9]] &ndash; [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s novella ''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'' is published in New York and London.
* [[January 16]] &ndash; A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the [[Prussian deportations]], the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from [[Prussia]], initiated by [[Otto von Bismarck]].
* [[January 18]] &ndash; Modern [[field hockey]] is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Karl Benz]] patents the first successful [[gasoline]]-driven [[automobile]], the [[Benz Patent-Motorwagen]] (built in [[1885]]).
* [[February 6]]&ndash;[[February 9|9]] &ndash; [[Seattle riot of 1886]]: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington.
* [[February 8]] &ndash; The [[West End Riots]] following a popular meeting in [[Trafalgar Square]], [[London]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; The first trainload of [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]] leaves Los Angeles via the [[Transcontinental railroad#United States|United States transcontinental railroad]].
* [[March 1]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Chinese School]] is founded by Bishop [[William Fitzjames Oldham]] at 70 Amoy Street, [[Singapore]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Bucharest (1886)|Treaty of Bucharest]] ends the [[Serbo-Bulgarian War]] in the Balkans.
* [[March 16]] &ndash; A law establishing the [[Kiel Canal]] is adopted in the [[German Empire]].
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are killed in [[Mississippi]].
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Steinitz]] becomes the first recognized World Chess Champion.
* March &ndash; [[Gottlieb Daimler]] assembles his first automobile, in Germany.

=== April–June ===
[[File:Coca-Cola bottle cap.svg|thumb|140px|right| [[May 8]]: [[Coca-Cola]] invented.]]
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[William Ewart Gladstone]] introduces the [[Government of Ireland Bill 1886|First Irish Home Rule Bill]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]; it is defeated on [[June 8]].
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The settlement of [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], is incorporated.
* [[April 24]] &ndash; Father [[Augustine Tolton]], the first [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Roman Catholic priest]] from the United States to identify himself publicly as [[African American]], is ordained in [[Rome]].
* [[April]] &ndash; The [[Svenska drägtreformföreningen|Swedish Dress Reform Society]] is established. 
* [[May 1]] &ndash; A [[general strike]] begins in the United States, which escalates on [[May 4]] into the [[Haymarket affair]] in Chicago, and eventually wins the [[eight-hour day]] for workers.
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Emile Berliner]] starts work that leads to the invention of the [[Phonograph|gramophone]].
* [[May 8]] &ndash; American pharmacist Dr. [[John Pemberton]] invents a [[carbonated]] beverage that will be named '[[Coca-Cola]]'.
* [[May 15]] &ndash; Portugal and France agree to regulate the borders of their colonies in Guinea.
* [[May 17]]
** ''[[Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that [[corporations]] have the same rights as living persons.
** [[Motherwell Football Club]] is founded in Scotland.
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[John Pemberton]] begins to advertise [[Coca-Cola]] (in ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution#The Atlanta Journal|The Atlanta Journal]]'').
* [[June 2]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Grover Cleveland]] marries [[Frances Folsom]] in the [[White House]] (Washington, D.C.), becoming the only [[President of the United States]] to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Uganda Martyrs]]: [[Charles Lwanga]], 12 other Catholic boys and men, and 9 Anglicans, are burned (and another Catholic speared) to death, at the orders of Kabaka [[Mwanga II of Buganda]] in [[Namugongo]].
[[Image:Lake Tarawera.jpg|thumb|160px|right| [[June 10]]: [[Mount Tarawera]] erupts.]]
* [[June 10]] &ndash; The  [[1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera|Mount Tarawera volcano erupts]] in [[New Zealand]], resulting in the deaths of over 150 people and the destruction of the famous [[Pink and White Terraces]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; King [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] is detained as part of a deposition, drowning the following day under mysterious circumstances. Six weeks later his unfinished [[Neuschwanstein Castle]] is opened to the public.
* [[June 13]]
** The [[Great Vancouver Fire]] devastates much of [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]].
** A large [[1886 St. Croix River log jam|log jam]] forms on the [[St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)|St. Croix River]] near [[Taylors Falls]], [[Minnesota]]
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Arturo Toscanini]] makes his conducting debut, with an Italian opera company visiting [[Rio de Janeiro]].
* [[June 30]] &ndash; The [[Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway College]] for women is opened by [[Queen Victoria]], near London, England.

=== July–September ===
[[File:FolliesBergereBoxCostume.jpg|thumb|120px|right| [[November 30]]: [[Folies Bergère]].]]
* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Karl Benz]] officially unveils the [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]].
* [[July 9]] &ndash; American inventor [[Charles Martin Hall]] files a patent for his inexpensive method of refining [[aluminium]] (discovered on February 23); independently and near-simultaneously discovered in France by [[Paul Héroult]] it becomes known as the [[Hall–Héroult process]].
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[Steve Brodie (bridge jumper)|Steve Brodie]] is reported to have made a jump from the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], a claim subsequently disputed.
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury]] becomes [[Prime Minister]] of the United Kingdom.
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Nagasaki Incident]]: Chinese troops riot during shore leave in Nagasaki, Japan.
* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|The Christian Union (Church of God)]] is established in [[Monroe County, Tennessee]]
* [[August 20]] &ndash; A massive [[hurricane]] demolishes the town of [[Indianola, Texas]].
* [[August 31]] &ndash; The 7.0 {{M|w}} [[1886 Charleston earthquake|Charleston earthquake]] affects southeastern South Carolina, with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''); 60 people are killed, and damage is estimated at [[United States dollar|$]]5–6&nbsp;million.
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]] is founded as the first football club in the Swiss city of [[Zürich]] by English students.
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[American 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]].
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The [[Berne Convention]] for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is signed.
* [[September 21]] &ndash; American physicist [[William Stanley Jr.]] patents the first practical [[alternating current]] [[transformer]] device, the [[induction coil]].

=== October–December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; Spain abolishes [[slavery in Cuba]].
*[[October 24]] &ndash; The British merchant vessel ''Normanton'' sinks off the coast of Japan, triggering the [[Normanton incident]].
* [[October 28]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Grover Cleveland]] dedicates the [[Statue of Liberty]], a gift from France, in [[New York Harbor]]. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first [[ticker tape parade]].
* [[November]] &ndash; The extremely harsh [[winter of 1886–87 in the United States]] begins, killing tens of thousands of cattle on the [[Great Plains]] of North America.
* [[November 1]] &ndash; The biggest Buddhist boys' school in Sri Lanka, [[Ananda College]], is founded in Colombo.
* [[November 3]] &ndash; In the [[British Raj]], what will become one of the biggest boys' schools in Pakistan, [[Aitchison College]], [[Lahore]], is founded under the auspices of Sir [[Charles Umpherston Aitchison]].
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Hertz]] verifies the existence of [[electromagnetic waves]], at the [[University of Karlsruhe]].
* [[November 14]] &ndash; German inventor [[Friedrich Soennecken]] first develops the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
* [[November 15]] &ndash; The ''Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Elektrotechnik'' (''Workshop for Fine Mechanics and Electronics'') is founded in [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]] by [[Robert Bosch]]. The company will later become the [[home appliance]] and [[Power tool|power tool brand]], [[Robert Bosch GmbH]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Kultur | first=SWR | title=15.11.1886: Robert Bosch eröffnet in Stuttgart eine Werkstatt |trans-title=15 November 1886: Robert Bosch opens a workshop in Stuttgart| website=swr.online | date=8 November 2021 | url=https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/15111886-robert-bosch-eroeffnet-in-stuttgart-eine-werkstatt-100.html | language=de | access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] &ndash; The ''[[Folies Bergère]]'' stages its first revue in Paris.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; London [[Association football]] club [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], founded as Dial Square by workers at the [[Royal Arsenal]] in [[Woolwich]], [[History of Arsenal F.C. (1886–1966)|play their first match]] (on the [[Isle of Dogs]]). The club is renamed Royal Arsenal soon afterwards, supposedly on [[December 25]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Phil|last1=Soar|first2=Martin|last2=Tyler|title=The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal|location=London|publisher=Hamlyn|year=2005|page=23|isbn=978-0-600-61344-2}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; English adventurer [[Thomas Stevens (cyclist)|Thomas Stevens]] concludes the first [[circumnavigation]] by [[bicycle]] in [[Yokohama]], having set out on his [[penny-farthing]] from [[San Francisco]] in [[1884]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Addis Ababa]] is founded in the [[Ethiopian Empire]].
* The village of [[Skorenovac]] is founded in Serbia, mostly by [[Székelys|Székely]] [[Hungarians]].
* [[Scotch whisky]] distiller [[William Grant & Sons]] is founded.
* [[Yorkshire Tea]] is established in [[Harrogate]], England.
* [[Johnson & Johnson]], which becomes a multinational brand, begins manufacturing [[healthcare]] products in [[New Jersey]], United States.
*[[Avon Products]], a worldwide [[cosmetics]] and [[household]] brand is founded in [[New York City]], United States.{{page needed|date=May 2020}}
*[[Food product]] and [[Food processing|processing brand]] [[Del Monte Foods]] is founded in [[California]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.delmonte.com/our-story/our-history |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Del Monte |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Emily Ruete]] publishes her landmark [[memoir]], ''Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Autobiography''.<ref name="WDL">{{cite book|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11754/|title=Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Autobiography|via=[[World Digital Library]]|year=1888|publisher=D. Appleton and Company|access-date=2013-09-19}}</ref>
* [[Bedford Blues|Bedford Rugby Club]] is formed in England.