WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1886
Find out what all happened January to May 1886

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

The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. (1. March 1886)

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

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

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

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

The Pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in The Atlanta Journal. (29. May 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)

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