1886 Calendar

January
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17181920212223
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31      
February
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 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28      
March
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 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   

April
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    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
May
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      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
June
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  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930   

July
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    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  

October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930    
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 

What Happened In Year 1886?

  • January 18, 1886 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • January 29, 1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • February 23, 1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • March 27, 1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • March 29, 1886 – Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • April 8, 1886 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • May 1, 1886 – Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair.
  • May 4, 1886 – 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.
  • May 5, 1886 – The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.
  • May 8, 1886 – Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
  • May 29, 1886 – Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
  • June 13, 1886 – A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 30, 1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3, 1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
  • July 4, 1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
  • August 31, 1886 – An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • October 28, 1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
  • October 29, 1886 – The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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