1886

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Centuries:	18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years:	1883 1884 1885 - 1886 - 1887 1888 1889

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**1886 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1886 MDCCCLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2639
Armenian calendar	1335 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԵ
Chinese calendar	4522/4582-11-27 (乙酉年十一月廿七日) — to — 4523/4583-12-7 (丙戌年十二月初七日)
Ethiopian calendar	1878 – 1879
Hebrew calendar	5646 – 5647
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1941 – 1942
- Shaka Samvat	1808 – 1809
- Kali Yuga	4987 – 4988
Iranian calendar	1264 – 1265
Islamic calendar	1304 – 1305
Japanese calendar	Meiji 19 (明治19年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2546 (皇紀2546年)
- Jōmon Era	11886
Thai solar calendar	2429

1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar)

The last surviving person documented as born in 1886 was Marie Brémont who died on June 6, 2001, aged 115.

1 Events
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3 Deaths
- 3.1 Unknown dates
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January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
January 29 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
February 14 - First trainload of oranges left Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad.
March ? - Linfield F.C. is formed in Belfast
March 17 - Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.
April 25 - Easter occurs on latest possible date (next in 1943)
May 1 - the start of the general strike in the United States which escalated into Haymarket Riot and eventually won the eight-hour workday in the U.S.
May 4 - Emil Berliner started working on inventing the gramophone.
May 8 - Pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would be named "Coca-Cola."
May 10 - The Football Association approves N. L. Jackson's proposal that each player be awarded a cap for each international match in which he plays. Also: US Supreme Court rules on Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., granting corporations the same rights as living persons, paving the way for the global corporate power we enjoy today.
May 29 - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola (ad in the Atlanta Journal).
June 2 - U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the first and only president to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.
June 10 - Eruption of Mount Tarawera volcano in New Zealand, resulting in the deaths of over 150 people and the destruction of the famous Pink and White Terraces.
June 30 - Royal Holloway, University of London opened by Queen Victoria in Surrey United Kingdom.
July 25 ? Steve Brodie fakes a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge
June 13 - A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
August 4 ? William Ewart Gladstone fails to secure enough support for the Irish Home Rule in the British parliament
August 20 - A massive hurricane demolishes the town of Indianola, Texas
August 31 - Earthquake hits South Carolina USA.
September 4 - 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 15 - First day of school in the newly founded Alhambra School District.
October 7 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
October 28 - In New York Harbor, US President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
November 30 - Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
December 11 - Dial Square FC, a football club from Woolwich, London that will eventually become known as Arsenal FC, play their first match, a 6-0 win over Eastern Wanderers.
Britain annexes Burma
Mt. Etna erupts
Maidenhead Citadel Band of The Salvation Army was founded by William Thomas
Piccadilly Circus
William Grant & Sons founded
Wilhelm Steinitz becomes first official World Chess Champion
Founded Skorenovac, village, inhabited with Székely Hungarians
Inexpensive method for refining aluminum discovered
A tremendous year for Renegade Bank Robbers such as Jeff "the bulldog" Roth