Editing 1886 (section)

=== 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]].