1886

Year 1886 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March



 * - was presented to  as a birthday gift, after the country was annexed into  in November,.
 * - Modern is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in.
 * - patents the first successful -driven.
 * - First train load of left  via the.
 * March - is formed in
 * - Carrollton Massacre: 20 s are killed in.
 * - becomes first recognized World Chess Champion.

April - June



 * - introduces the  in the . It was defeated on.
 * - occurs on latest possible date (next in ).
 * - A begins in the  which escalated into  and eventually won the  in the U.S.
 * - started working on inventing the gramophone.
 * - Pharmacist Dr. invents a  beverage that would be named "."
 * - formed
 * The rules on Santa Clara County v., granting  the same rights as living persons.
 * approves N. L. Jackson's proposal that each player be awarded a for each international match in which he plays.
 * - Chemist begins to advertise  (ad in the ).
 * - U.S. President marries  in the, becoming the first and only president to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.
 * - U.S. President marries  in the, becoming the first and only president to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.
 * - Centennial celebration of the.
 * - Eruption of volcano in, resulting in the deaths of over 150 people and the destruction of the famous.
 * - A devastates much of,.
 * - opened by  in,.

July - September

 * - files a patent for his process of turning Aluminium Oxide into molten Aluminium.
 * - fakes a jump from the.
 * - A massive demolishes the town of
 * - Earthquake hits Charlestown, USA. Probably between 7.3-7.6 on the Richter Scale. 40,000 left homeless.
 * - : After almost 30 years of fighting, leader  surrenders with his last band of warriors to General  at  in.
 * - First day of school in the newly founded.
 * - patents the first practical   device, the.

October - December

 * - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
 * - In, US President dedicates the.
 * - stages its first revue.
 * - Dial Square FC, a club from,  that will eventually become known as , play their first match, a 6-0 win over Eastern Wanderers.

Undated

 * of is founded by William Thomas.
 * distiller is founded.
 * The village of is founded mostly by.
 * An inexpensive method for refining, the , is discovered.
 * Father, the first from the  to proclaim himself , was ordained in.

January - June

 * -, Canadian-born actress (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, English-born author (d. )
 * -, German writer and translator (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. )
 * -, Austrian artist and poet (d. )
 * -, animator (d. )
 * -, Norwegian poet (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, American chemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Polish politician, (d. )
 * -, Soviet revolutionary (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , German U-boat ace (d. )
 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * - of Constantinople (d. )
 * -, German architect (d. )
 * -, Alsatian philologist (d. )
 * -, Polish (d. )
 * -, last surviving person documented as born in 1886 (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, German poet (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * , Swiss  (d. )
 * , British author and philosopher (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Swedish communist leader (d. )
 * -, British businessman (d. )
 * -, American entertainer (d. )
 * -, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. )
 * -, English climber (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish dramatist (d. )
 * -, English climber (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish dramatist (d. )

July - December

 * -, American admiral and ambassador (d. )
 * -, Danish-born actor (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, Japanese writer (d. )
 * -, Danish big-game hunter (d. )
 * , English composer and violist (d. )
 * , English composer (d. )
 * -, the 6th General of (d. )
 * -, British chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. )
 * -, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (d. )
 * -, British author (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English physiologist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American silent film actress. (d. )
 * -, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. )
 * -, first (d. )
 * -, Austrian author (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, French-Egyptian author (d. )
 * -, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Swedish physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American author and reporter and daughter of author (d. , )
 * -, Mexican painter (d. )
 * -, Irish actor (d. )
 * -, r (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American outlaw and gunfighter (b. )
 * -, preacher (b. )
 * -, editor and publisher (b. )
 * -, Cuban rum manufacturer (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, inventor (b. )
 * - King (b. )

July - December

 * -, German geologist (b. )
 * -, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. )
 * -, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. )
 * -, Estonian poet (b. )
 * -, Indian spiritual figure (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American land speculator (b. )
 * -, American politician from New Hampshire (b. )
 * -, 21st (b. )
 * -, American painter (b. )
 * -, Scottish-Canadian scientist and politician (b. )
 * date unknown -, Northern Irish painter (b. )


 * See also .