1886
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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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June 10: Mount Tarawera erupts.
1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1886th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 886th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1886, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- February 6 – A large demonstration about unemployment at Trafalgar Square led to riots at Pall Mall
- March 1 - Anglo-Chinese School was founded in Singapore by Bishop William Oldham.
- April 6 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada becomes a city.
- October 4 – Johannesburg, South Africa was founded.
- October 28 – France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States
Births
- January 1 – Garegin Njdeh, Armenian politician (d. 1955)
- January 30 – Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Spanish writer (d. 1950)
- March 18 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (d. 1970)
- April 26 – Gabdulla Tukay, Tatar poet (d. 1913)
- May 3 – Marcel Dupré, French composer (d. 1971)
- September 13 - Alain LeRoy Locke, American writer (d. 1954)
- October 16 – David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel(d. 1973)
- October 16 – Armin T. Wegner, German writer and polictical activist (d. 1978)
- December 8 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957)
Deaths
- May 15 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
- July 31 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (b. 1811)
- November 18 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)