WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1886
Find out what all happened February to December 1886

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

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

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)

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

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

The U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion. (2. June 1886)

Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile. (3. July 1886)

Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students. (1. November 1886)

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

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

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

Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. (27. March 1886)

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

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

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

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

Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. (10. June 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 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized. (9. September 1886)