WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1886
Find out what all happened January to November 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. (23. February 1886)

The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. (3. July 1886)

Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia. (29. March 1886)

In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. (28. October 1886)

Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. (29. January 1886)

The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4. (30. June 1886)

Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine. (8. May 1886)

The Folies Bergère stages its first revue. (30. November 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. (4. May 1886)

Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time. (26. June 1886)

An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina. (31. August 1886)

American Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona. (4. September 1886)

The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia. (4. July 1886)

The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven. (5. May 1886)

German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest. (27. November 1886)

A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia. (13. June 1886)

The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States. (4. July 1886)

Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. (18. January 1886)

William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. (8. April 1886)

Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair. (1. May 1886)