Editing 1886 (section)

=== 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]].