Major Events
- Jan 29 Karl Benz patents the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen" in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world's 1st automobile with a burning motor [1]
- Apr 8 William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
- May 1 US general strike for 8-hour working day begins
- More 1886 Events
Did You Know?
Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City
Alfonso XIII
Tarsila do Amaral
David Ben-Gurion
Joyce Kilmer
Diego Rivera
Clarence Birdseye
Frank Lloyd
Wallace Beery
Al Jolson
Victor McLaglen
Jim Barnes
George Mallory
Nathaniel Niles
Rube Marquard
Ty CobbMore People Born in 1886
Fun Fact About 1886
1st dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY
Emily Dickinson
John Deere
Leopold von Ranke
Aleksandr Ostrovsky
Franz Liszt
Chester A. ArthurMore 1886 Deaths
Famous Weddings in 1886
- Feb 24 Inventor Thomas Edison (38) marries 2nd wife Mina Miller (20) in Akron, Ohio
- Apr 28 Painter Paul Cézanne (47) weds Marie-Hortense Fiquet (36)
- Jun 2 U.S. President Grover Cleveland (49) weds Frances Folsom (21), 1st presidential marriage to be held at the White House
More Weddings in 1886
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Grover Cleveland
Otto von Bismarck
William Gladstone