WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1886
Find out what all happened June to November 1886

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

Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. (10. June 1886)

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

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized. (9. September 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)

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)

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. (29. October 1886)

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

King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM. (13. June 1886)

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

A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia. (13. June 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 Folies Bergère stages its first revue. (30. November 1886)

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

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