What happened in 1886?

Statue of Liberty dedicated

Major Events · New York, USA

A gift from France, the Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor.

Samoan Civil War

Wars & Conflicts · Samoan Islands

1886–1894 conflict in the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific

Pacification of Tonkin

Wars & Conflicts · Tonkin

Military and political campaign undertaken by the French in northern Vietnam

Treaty of Bucharest

Politics & Government

1886 treaty ending the Serbo-Bulgarian War

Tophane Agreement

Politics & Government

1886 treaty between Bulgaria and the Ottomans

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Politics & Government · Bern

1880s international copyright treaty adopted by 160+ countries

Adolf Lüderitz died

People · Orange River

Died in Orange River. Founder of German Southwest Africa (1834-1886).

Franz Liszt died

People · Bayreuth

Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)

Gustav Adolf Fischer died

People · Berlin

German explorer and naturalist (1848-1886)

Richard Maack died

People · Saint Petersburg

Baltic German explorer and botanist (1825-1886)

Stephen Pearl Andrews died

People · New York City

American anarchist (1812-1886)

Edgar Bauer died

People · Berlin

German philosopher (1820–1886)

Alexander Butlerov died

People · Butlerovka

Died in Butlerovka. Russian chemist (1828-1886).

John Deere died

People · Moline

American blacksmith and manufacturer (1804–1886)

Jules Jamin died

People · Paris

French physicist (1818-1886)

Charles Wright died

People · Wethersfield

American botanist (1811-1885)

Eduard Robert Flegel died

People · Brass Island

German explorer (1855-1886)

François Pollen died

People · The Hague

Dutch naturalist (1842–1886)

Katherine Sophia Baily died

People · Dublin

Irish botanist (1811-1886)

George French Angas died

People · Newcastle upon Tyne

English explorer, naturalist and painter who emigrated to Australia and became a museum director (1822-1886)

John Russell Bartlett died

People · Providence

American historian and linguist (1805–1886)

George Fletcher Moore died

People · Donemana

Politician, public servant, diarist (1798-1886)

Karl Ludwig Jühlke died

People · Kismayo

German jurist and explorer (1856-1886)

William Landsborough died

People · Caloundra

Explorer of Australia (1825–1886)

Thomas Douglas Forsyth died

People · Eastbourne

British colonial administrator (1827–1886)

Ivan Unkovsky died

People · Moscow

Imperial Russian admiral (1822-1886)

Paul Soleillet died

People · Aden

French explorer (1842–1886)

John Goldie died

People · Ayr

Scottish botanist and author (1793-1886)

Eugenia Kisimova died

People · Veliko Tarnovo

Bulgarian activist

Theodor von Oppolzer died

People · Vienna

Austrian astronomer and mathematician (1841-1886)

Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant died

People · Saint-Ouen

French mathematician (*1797 – †1886)

Edmond Laguerre died

People · Bar-le-Duc

Mathematician from France

Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois died

People · Paris

French chemist and mineralogist (1820-1886)

Eduard Oscar Schmidt died

People · Kappelrodeck

Died in Kappelrodeck. German zoologist (1823–1886).

Frederick Guthrie died

People · London

British physicist

William Hillebrand died

People · Heidelberg

German physician and botanist (1821-1886)

Albert Wigand died

People · Marburg

German botanist (1821-1886)

William Smith Clark died

People · Amherst

American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886)

Henry Hopkins Sibley died

People · Fredericksburg

Confederate Army general (1816–1886)

Károly Kalchbrenner died

People · Spišské Vlachy

Hungarian mycologist (1807-1886)

Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg died

People · Hanover

German railway pioneer (1817–1886)

Theodoros Georgios Orphanides died

People · Athens

Greek botanist (1817-1886)

August Davidov died

People · Moscow

Russian mathematician (1823-1886)

Julius Adolph Stöckhardt died

People · Tharandt

German chemist (1809–1886)

Wilhelm von Beetz died

People · Munich

German physicist (1822-1886)

Richard March Hoe died

People · Florence

United States inventor (1812–1886)

Mahlon Loomis died

People · Terra Alta

American inventor (1826-1886)

Jules Houël died

People · Périers-sur-le-Dan

French mathematician (1823-1886)

Jules Duboscq died

People · Paris

French instrument maker, inventor and photographer (1817–1886)

John Morris died

People · St John's Wood

British geologist and paleontologist (1810-1886)

Carl Johan Malmsten died

People · Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

Swedish mathematician and politician (1814-1886)

Eduard Linnemann died

People · Prague

German chemist

David Stevenson died

People · North Berwick

British civil engineer and lighthouse designer (1815–1886)

Hans Alexis von Biehler died

People · Charlottenburg

Prussian general (1818–1886)

Katherine Clerk Maxwell died

People · Cambridge

British physicist

Max Pressler died

People · Tharandt

German forester noted for his inventions and writing (1815–1886)

James Muspratt died

People · Liverpool

British chemist (1793-1886)

Louis Melsens died

People · Brussels

Chemist, physicist (1814–1886)

Thaddeus Fairbanks died

People · St. Johnsbury

American inventor (1796–1886)

J. P. Knight died

People · London

British engineer (1828–1886)

Anthony Walton White Evans died

People · New Rochelle

American civil engineer (1817-1886)

Eli Whitney Blake died

People · New Haven

American inventor (1795-1886)

Lemuel Wellman Wright died

People · Manhattan

American inventor, active in England

Rowland Mason Ordish died

People · London

English engineer

Ellis S. Chesbrough died

People · Chicago

American civil engineer (1813-1886)

George Crompton died

People · Worcester

American inventor (1829–1886)

John Christopher Draper died

People · New York City

American chemist & surgeon (1835–1885)

Benjamin Hyde Edgerton died

People · Deep River

American businessman

Charles Upham Shepard died

People · Charleston

American prof. of chemistry, Medical College of the State of South Carolina (1804-1886)

Berthold Benecke died

People · Kaliningrad

German anatomist and embryologist (1843-1886)

Bedford Pim died

People · Deal

English naval officer and barrister

William Fraser Tolmie died

People · Victoria

Canadian politician (1812–1886)

Malamine Camara died

People · Dakar

Senegalese sergeant

Charles Jules Adolphe Thanaron died

People · Toulon

Capitaine de frégate in the French Navy in the 19c

William Worthington Jordan died

People · Wynberg

Hunter, trader, and writer in Southern Africa.

Robert John Sholl died

People · Perth

Australian magistrate (1819–1886)

Cora Pearl died

People · 16th arrondissement of Paris

English courtesan who became famous in the Second French Empire

Róza Laborfalvi died

People · Budapest

Hungarian actress (1817–1886)

Thomas Webster died

People · Cranbrook

English painter (1800-1886)

Andrew Kaggwa died

People · Munyonyo

Ugandan catholic martyr

Adolf Müller died

People · Vienna

Austrian-Hungarian actor and composer

Théodore Ritter died

People · rue Taitbout

French composer (1840-1886)

Marguerite Bellanger died

People · Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin

French courtesan (1838-1886)

John Liptrot Hatton died

People · Margate

English musical composer, conductor, pianist and singer

Jean Baptiste Prosper Bressant died

People · Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours

French actor (1815-1886)

Giuseppina Morlacchi died

People · Billerica

Italian and American ballet dancer (1836-1886)

Jacob Wrey Mould died

People · New York City

British-American architect

Isak Albert Berg died

People · Stockholm City

Swedish actor (1803-1886)

John E. Owens died

People · Towson

British comedian (1823-1886)

Charles Louis Napoléon d’Albert died

People · London

Ballet composer and dance master (1809–1886)

James Henry Marriott died

People · Wellington

Theatre manager, actor, entertainer, dramatist, songwriter, engraver, optician, bookseller

Laura Don died

People · Greenwich

American actress and playwright (1852-1886)

Charles Cabot died

People · 11th arrondissement of Paris

French writer and playwright (1806-1886)

Josiah Pittman died

People · Marylebone

Composer (1816–1886)

J. H. Stead died

People · Kingston upon Hull

English music hall comedian

William Hoskins died

People · Melbourne

British actor; active in Australia

David Ben-Gurion born

People · Płońsk

Born in Płońsk. Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - (born1886–1973).

Robert Schuman born

People · Luxembourg

Born in Luxembourg. Luxembourgish-born German-French statesman and Venerable (1886-1963).

Karl Barth born

People · Basel

Born in Basel. Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968).

Archibald Hill born

People · Bristol

Born in Bristol. English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977).

Ernst Thälmann born

People · Hamburg

Born in Hamburg. German communist politician, leader of Communist Party of Germany (1886–1944).

Sergei Kirov born

People · Urzhum

Born in Urzhum. Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934).

Jean Arp born

People · Strasbourg

Born in Strasbourg. Alsatian sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist (1886–1966).

Béla Kun born

People · Cehu Silvaniei

Born in Cehu Silvaniei. Hungarian Communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs.

Oskar Kokoschka born

People · Pöchlarn

Born in Pöchlarn. Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886–1980).

Willem Drees born

People · Amsterdam

Born in Amsterdam. Dutch politician (1886–1988).

Sergo Ordzhonikidze born

People · Ghoresha

Born in Ghoresha. Soviet politician (1886-1937).

René Guénon born

People · Blois

Born in Blois. French metaphysician (1886-1951).

Paul Tillich born

People · Starosiedle

Born in Starosiedle. German-American theologian and philosopher.

Gottfried Benn born

People · Putlitz

Born in Putlitz. German physician, poet, and essayist (1886–1956).

Olaf Stapledon born

People · Seacombe

Born in Seacombe. British novelist and philosopher (1886–1950).

Zhu De born

People · Zhu De's Former Residence

Born in Zhu De's Former Residence. Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886－1976).

Edward Rydz-Śmigły born

People · Berezhany

Born in Berezhany. Polish general (1886-1941).

Nikolay Gumilev born

People · Kronstadt

Born in Kronstadt. Russian poet (1886-1921).

Victor McLaglen born

People · Royal Tunbridge Wells

Born in Royal Tunbridge Wells. British-American actor (1886–1959).

Roman von Ungern-Sternberg born

People · Graz

Born in Graz. Austrian anti-communist general (1886-1921).

Ğabdulla Tuqay born

People · Koshlauch

Born in Koshlauch. Tatar poet.

Hugo Ball born

People · Pirmasens

Born in Pirmasens. German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists (1886–1927).

Karl Polanyi born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Hungarian economist, philosopher and historian.

Hermann Broch born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian writer (1886-1951).

Siegfried Sassoon born

People · Matfield

Born in Matfield. English war poet and writer (1886-1967).

H.D. born

People · Bethlehem

Born in Bethlehem. American Imagist poet (1886–1961).

Delmira Agustini born

People · Montevideo

Born in Montevideo. Uruguayan modernist poet.

Henry King born

People · Christiansburg

Born in Christiansburg. American film director (1886–1982).

May Ziadeh born

People · Nazareth

Born in Nazareth. Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886-1941).

Henry H. Arnold born

People · Gladwyne

Born in Gladwyne. American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force (1886-1950).

Erich Hoepner born

People · Frankfurt (Oder)

Born in Frankfurt (Oder). German general (1886–1944).

Gotthard Heinrici born

People · Gusev

Born in Gusev. German general (1886–1971).

Asaf Jah VII of Hyderabad born

People · Hyderabad State

Born in Hyderabad State. Last Monarch of the Kingdom of Hyderabad (1886-1967).

Salvador de Madariaga born

People · A Coruña

Born in A Coruña. Spanish diplomat, writer and historian (1886-1978).

Franz Rosenzweig born

People · Kassel

Born in Kassel. Jewish theologian and philosopher (1886–1929).

Takuboku Ishikawa born

People · Morioka

Born in Morioka. Japanese poet (1886-1912).

Raymond A. Spruance born

People · Baltimore

Born in Baltimore. United States admiral (1886-1969).

Gyula Gömbös born

People · Murga

Born in Murga. Hungarian fascist politician (1886-1936).

Garegin Nzhdeh born

People · Güznüt

Born in Güznüt. Armenian politician and philosopher (1886-1955).

Olga Rozanova born

People · Melenki

Born in Melenki. Russian artist (1886-1918).

Karl Korsch born

People · Tostedt

Born in Tostedt. German politician (1886-1961).

Jisaburō Ozawa born

People · Koyu district

Born in Koyu district. Japanese admiral (1886–1966).

John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort born

People · London

Born in London. Army officer (1886-1946).

Felix Timmermans born

People · Lier

Born in Lier. Flemish writer (1886-1947).

Raoul Hausmann born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian photographer and sculptor (1886–1971).

Nobutake Kondō born

People · Osaka

Born in Osaka. Japanese admiral (1886-1953).

Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg born

People · Potsdam

Born in Potsdam. German general (1886–1974).

Mohammad-Taqi Bahar born

People · Mashhad

Born in Mashhad. Iranian Poet, writer, historian, scholar and politician.

Hiroshi Ōshima born

People · Nagoya

Born in Nagoya. Japanese general (1886-1975).

Aleksandr Myasnikyan born

People · Nakhichevan-on-Don

Born in Nakhichevan-on-Don. Soviet politician (1886-1925).

Georg Stumme born

People · Halberstadt

Born in Halberstadt. German general (1886–1942).

August Rei born

People · Pilistvere

Born in Pilistvere. Estonian politician (1886–1963).

Hugo Black born

People · Ashland

Born in Ashland. U.S. Supreme Court justice (1886-1971).

George Cœdès born

People · 16th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 16th arrondissement of Paris. French historian (1886–1969).

Prince John Constantinovich of Russia born

People · Pavlovsk

Born in Pavlovsk. Russian prince (1886-1918).

Erich Fellgiebel born

People · Popowice

Born in Popowice. German general (1886–1944).

Tadeusz Kutrzeba born

People · Kraków

Born in Kraków. Polish general (1886–1947).

Hitoshi Imamura born

People · Sendai

Born in Sendai. Japanese officer, war criminal (1886–1968).

Stanisław Leśniewski born

People · Serpukhov

Born in Serpukhov. Polish mathematician and philosopher (1886-1939).

Georgios Tsolakoglou born

People

Born. Greek army officer and collaborationist prime minister (1886-1948).

Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. German general and resistance fighter (1886–1944).

Pranas Dovydaitis born

People · Runkiai

Born in Runkiai. Lithuanian politician (1886-1942).

Tadeusz Kotarbiński born

People · Warsaw

Born in Warsaw. Polish philosopher (1886–1981).

Mark Aldanov born

People · Kyiv

Born in Kyiv. Russian writer and critic (1886-1957).

Werner Kempf born

People · Kaliningrad

Born in Kaliningrad. German general (1886–1964).

Philip Khuri Hitti born

People · Shemlan

Born in Shemlan. Lebanese-American academic and authority on the Middle East (1886-1978).

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. born

People · Munfordville

Born in Munfordville. American lieutenant general during World War II (1886–1945).

Karl Dane born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Danish-American comedian and actor.

Shūmei Ōkawa born

People · Sakata

Born in Sakata. Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957).

Sholem Schwarzbard born

People · Balta

Born in Balta. Russian-born Moldovan-French Yiddish poet of Jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938).

Rudolf Schmidt born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. German general.

Hans von Obstfelder born

People · Steinbach-Hallenberg

Born in Steinbach-Hallenberg. German general (1886–1976).

Gustavo Jiménez born

People · Cerro de Pasco

Born in Cerro de Pasco. President of Peru (1886-1933).

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière born

People · Poznań

Born in Poznań. German World War I U-boat commander (1866-1941).

Alexander Svanidze born

People · Baji

Born in Baji. Georgian soviet politician (1886–1941).

Ahmad Amin born

People · Cairo

Born in Cairo. Egyptian historian and writer (1886–1954).

Alfonso XIII born

People · Royal Palace of Madrid

Born in Royal Palace of Madrid. King of Spain from 1886 to 1931 (1886–1941).

John Cromwell born

People · Toledo

Born in Toledo. American actor, director and producer (1886/7–1979).

Taimur bin Faisal Al Said born

People · Muscat

Born in Muscat. Sultan of Oman (1886-1965).

Mohammed Ben Aarafa born

People · Fez

Born in Fez. Moroccan monarch.

Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt died

People · Cannes

Died in Cannes. Prince (1855–1886).

Muhammad Khudayar Khan died

People · Herat

Died in Herat. Khan of Kokand four times.

Maurice Curé born

People · Port Louis

Born in Port Louis. Mauritian politician.

I. Leo Sharfman born

People · Polonne

Born in Polonne. American economist.

Wichita State University

Science & Technology

Public university in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

British School at Athens

Science & Technology

Research center in Greece

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Science & Technology

University in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) LETI Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Science & Technology · Aptekarsky Island

Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University is one of the oldest Russian higher education institutions.

Universidad Externado de Colombia

Science & Technology

Colombian university (& academic publisher)

Cama Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in India

Winthrop University

Science & Technology

Public university in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States

National Louis University

Science & Technology

Private university in Chicago, Illinois

Ouachita Baptist University

Science & Technology

American private university

Beijing Tongren Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Beijing, China

Notre Dame Seishin University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Kyoritsu Women's University

Science & Technology

Japanese private women's university

Mount Auburn Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Massachusetts, United States

Waikato Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand

New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science

Science & Technology

School within New York University

Hiroshima Jogakuin University

Science & Technology

Private women's college in Asaminami, Hiroshima, Japan

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Science & Technology

Historical black university located in Princess Anne, Maryland, United States

Miyagi Gakuin Women's University

Science & Technology

Miyagi Gakuin Women's University located in Sendai

Barnet General Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in England

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Science & Technology

Hospital in Michigan, United States

Bangalore University

Science & Technology

State public university in Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, India

University of Wyoming

Science & Technology

Public university in Laramie, Wyoming

Ewha Womans University

Science & Technology · Seodaemun District

Private women's university in central Seoul, South Korea

Yeshiva University

Science & Technology

Private university in New York City

University of Deusto

Science & Technology

Spanish private university

Kentucky State University

Science & Technology

Public, historically black, land grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States

Kansai University

Science & Technology

Private university in Osaka, Japan

Moody Bible Institute

Science & Technology

Bible institute

John Carroll University

Science & Technology

Private university in University Heights, Ohio

National Institute of Technology, Patna

Science & Technology

Public engineering institution in Patna, Bihar

Flensburg University of Applied Sciences

Science & Technology

University in Flensburg, Germany

Sanyo Gakuen College

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Koyasan University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Africa

European expedition to the African interior

Peplos Kore

Exploration & Discovery · Acropolis of Athens

Ancient sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens

Antenor Kore

Exploration & Discovery · Acropolis of Athens

Ancient sculpture by Antenor from the Acropolis of Athens

Normanton Incident

Exploration & Discovery · Kumano Sea

1886 sinking of a British ship off Japan and resulting backlash

Dancer of Pergamon

Exploration & Discovery · Pergamon Museum

Hellenistic statue of a girl from ancient Pergamon in the Antikensammlung Berlin

Yıldız Hamidi Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

Batumi Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Batumi

Mosque in Batuni

Saint Joseph Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Hanoi, Vietnam

Újpest Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary

Nice Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France

Malacky Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Tempel Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Former Jewish synagogue in Przemyśl, Poland

Synagogue in Kluczbork

Religion & Belief Systems

Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, Zikhron Ya'akov

Religion & Belief Systems

Main synagogue of Zikhron Ya'akov

Bne Emuna Prayerhouse

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Kraków

Vasvári Pál Street Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral of Saints Mena, Vittore and Vincenzo

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Chios, North Aegean Region, Greece

Saint Luke church in Izby

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Izby, Poland

Saint Nicholas Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple, architectural landmark in Dmitrovsky District, Russia

Saint Alexander Nevsky Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Tula, Russia

St Mary's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Edinburgh

Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

St. Joseph Cathedral, Groningen

Religion & Belief Systems · Groningen

Church in Groningen, Netherlands

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity

Religion & Belief Systems

Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton, Bermuda

Synagogue in Bytča

Religion & Belief Systems

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Alaska, United States

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Nassau, The Bahamas

The church of the Nativity of the All-holy Theotokos (Kryvyi Rih)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine

Church of All Saints, Yekaterinburg

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint Nicholas Church in Joensuu

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church in Joensuu, Finland

Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural property in Valencia, Spain

St Mary's Cathedral, Sale

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Sale, Victoria, Australia

First Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church in Eden, North Carolina, United States

St. Aleksy chapel in Łódź

Religion & Belief Systems · Łódź Old Cemetery - Orthodox section

Evangelical church in Arnshain

Religion & Belief Systems · Arnshain

Hall church with a church tower in the west, a nave with a gable roof and a retracted choir with a three-sided end in Arnshain, Kirtorf, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse

Village church Kleßen

Religion & Belief Systems · Kleßen

Listed hall church in Kleßen in Brandenburg state of Germany

Wat Pa Pao

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in Mueang Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai province, Thailand

Kloosterkerk

Religion & Belief Systems · Valkenburg

Protestant church in Valkenburg, Netherlands

Russian chapel in the cimetière du Vieux-Château

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France

Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Brunnen

Church building in Ingenbohl in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland

Bollington Methodist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Grade II listed church in Bollington, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK

ermita de Lurdes

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic building in Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès, Catalonia)

Oratia Cemetery Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Oratia

Cemetery chapel in Oratia Cemetery, Oratia, Auckland, New Zealand

Herz-Jesu-Bild

Religion & Belief Systems · Marbach

Grave of Diener

Religion & Belief Systems · Père-Lachaise Cemetery - Division 95

Sepulchral chapel located in Paris, in France

Echo Methodist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church building in Echo, Oregon, USA

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia

Religion & Belief Systems

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed

First Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Minneapolis, Minnesota

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church in Greenville, Alabama

Pilgrim Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church in Cincinnati, Ohio

First Methodist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Cuero, Texas, USA

Church of the Holy Communion

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

First Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Lake Linden, Michigan

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pittsburgh, United States of America

Episcopal Church of the Advent and Guild Hall

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in North Dakota, United States of America

German Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Grace Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in North Dakota, United States

Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Portland, Oregon

Old School Baptist Church of Halcottsville

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

SS. Cyril, Methodius, and Raphael's Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Manhattan, United States of America

St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Pasadena

Religion & Belief Systems

church in California, USA

St. Anne's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Union County, Illinois

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Wyoming, United States of America

Christ Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in North Carolina, United States

Clifton Baptist Church Complex

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Kentucky, United States of America

Euphronia Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in North Carolina, United States of America

Evangelical Church of Christ

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Ohio, United States of America

Middlefork Methodist Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Iowa, United States of America

New Hope A.R.P. Church and Session House

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in South Dakota, United States of America

San Antonito Church and Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Mexico, United States of America

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in North Carolina, United States

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Augusta, United States of America

Chapelle Saint-André de Paris-Plage

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Pas-de-Calais, in France

Dumitru Hernia chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Câmpina, Romania

Sint-Willibrorduskerk

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Antwerpen, Belgium

Predigerhaus (Leipzig)

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Katholische Kirche

Religion & Belief Systems · Bad Schandau

Of architectural and local historical significance

Rectory in Nebušice

Religion & Belief Systems

Clergy house in Czech Republic

Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Edward

Religion & Belief Systems · Driffield

Church building in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Virgin Mary church in Preiļi

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Protection of the Theotokos (Gatchina)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Gatchina, Russia

Maximilian Kolbe church in Korytniki

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Korytniki, Poland

Presbytère de Bassin

Religion & Belief Systems · Bassin

Building in Quebec, Canada

Kleine Kirchgasse 20

Religion & Belief Systems

Robert Bosch

Economy & Trade · Gerlingen

German manufacturing company

Johnson & Johnson

Economy & Trade · New Brunswick

U.S multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer

Carl Walther GmbH

Economy & Trade · Arnsberg

German arms manufacturer

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Economy & Trade · Cranberry Township

Former American manufacturing company

Sandoz

Economy & Trade · Holzkirchen

Pharmaceutical company

S. C. Johnson & Son

Economy & Trade · Racine

Company, American multinational manufacturer of household products

Triumph International

Economy & Trade · Heubach

Swiss underwear company founded in 1886 in Heubach, Germany

General Electric Company plc

Economy & Trade · Coventry

British engineering company (1886–1999)

Witwatersrand Gold Rush

Economy & Trade · Witwatersrand Basin

Gold rush in Johannesburg, South Africa

International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art

Economy & Trade · Edinburgh

1886 World's Fair, held in Edinburgh, Scotland

Ladbrokes

Economy & Trade · London

British-based betting and gambling company

Breda

Economy & Trade · Milan

Italian locomotive, machinery, aircraft, and armaments manufacturer

Sunoco

Economy & Trade · Dallas

American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer

Del Monte Foods

Economy & Trade · San Francisco

North American food production and distribution company

Burroughs Corporation

Economy & Trade · St. Louis

Company

Upjohn

Economy & Trade · Kalamazoo

Pharmaceutical manufacturing firm

Isetan

Economy & Trade · Shinjuku

Japanese department store

De Cecco

Economy & Trade · Fara San Martino

Italian company, producer of dried pasta and other macaroni products

Edison International

Economy & Trade · Rosemead

Public utility holding company

Bahco

Economy & Trade · Enköping

Swedish brand within the hand tool industry

Anchor

Economy & Trade · Auckland

Brand of dairy products

BBVA Argentina

Economy & Trade · Buenos Aires

Bank in Argentina

Menarini

Economy & Trade · Florence

Italian pharmaceutical company

R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company

Economy & Trade · Hebburn

Defunct British shipbuilder and locomotive manufacturer

The Wharf (Holdings) Limited

Economy & Trade · Hong Kong

Company in Hong Kong

Goerz

Economy & Trade · Berlin

Business

Burmah Oil

Economy & Trade · Glasgow

Company

Fresh Del Monte Produce

Economy & Trade · Coral Gables

American produce company

West End Watch Co

Economy & Trade · Leytron

Manufacturer of watches located in Leytron, Switzerland

Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi

Economy & Trade

Electrical engineering company

Irma

Economy & Trade · Albertslund

Former Danish chain of stores

DFI Retail Group

Economy & Trade · Hong Kong

Asian retail company

The BOC Group

Economy & Trade · Guildford

Company

American Water Works

Economy & Trade · Camden

Company

Bama Gruppen

Economy & Trade · Kalbakken

Norwegian food distributor

Banco Hipotecario

Economy & Trade · Buenos Aires

Argentine bank

Sella Bank

Economy & Trade · Biella

Italian private credit institution

Smith Corona

Economy & Trade · Cleveland

American label manufacturing company

Cervecería Centro Americana

Economy & Trade · Guatemala City

Company

Eason & Son

Economy & Trade · Dublin

Irish retail company

GAF

Economy & Trade · Parsippany-Troy Hills

American manufacturing company

Maas Brothers

Economy & Trade

Department store founded by Abe and Isaac Maas in 1886

Lega nazionale delle cooperative e mutue

Economy & Trade · Rome

Italian company

Shaw Wallace

Economy & Trade · Kolkata

Indian liquor manufacturer

Upsala-Ekeby

Economy & Trade · Uppsala

Company

Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co.

Economy & Trade · Aachen

Former electrical engineering company in Aachen, Germany

Dominion Bridge Company

Economy & Trade · Montreal

Business

CMS Energy

Economy & Trade · Jackson

Electric and gas company in Jackson, Michigan, US

Colégio Farroupilha

Economy & Trade · Porto Alegre

Independent school in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

GrafTech

Economy & Trade · Independence

Company in Parma, United States

Ab Granit Oy

Economy & Trade · Hanko

Former Finnish granite quarrying and construction company (1886–1964)

Hovis

Economy & Trade · High Wycombe

British company that produces flour and bread

Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway

Economy & Trade · Marquette

Business

Minera San Xavier

Economy & Trade · Cerro de San Pedro Municipality

Open-pit mine in San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Southern & Silverton Rail

Economy & Trade · Broken Hill

Former Australian railway company that previously traded as Silverton Rail

Banco Alemán Transatlántico

Economy & Trade · Berlin

Former bank in Spain and Latin America

A. Reyrolle & Company

Economy & Trade · Hebburn

Former British engineering firm based in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear

Cretors

Economy & Trade · Wood Dale

American manufacturing company

C. L. Barnhouse Company

Economy & Trade · Oskaloosa

American music publishing firm

Central National-Gottesman

Economy & Trade · Purchase

American paper and wood products company

Channellock

Economy & Trade · Meadville

American hand tools company

Consumers Energy

Economy & Trade · Jackson station

Public utility in Michigan, United States, that provides natural gas and electricity

Banca di Cividale Società per Azioni - Società Benefit

Economy & Trade · Cividale del Friuli

Italian credit institution

Taylor Hobson

Economy & Trade · Leicester

Optical manufacturer

American Arithmometer Company

Economy & Trade · St. Louis

Manufacturer of adding machines

Boston Edison Company

Economy & Trade · Boston

Business

Dziewulski i Lange factories

Economy & Trade · Opoczno

Factories in the cities of Opochno (Radom Governorate) and Slavyansk (Kharkov Governorate)

Polson Iron Works Limited

Economy & Trade · Toronto

Canadian shipyard firm

Oil City Iron Works, Inc.

Economy & Trade · Corsicana

Oil City Iron Works, Inc

Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company

Economy & Trade · Omaha

Former American rail company

McIntosh & Seymour

Economy & Trade · Auburn

American engine manufacturer

H. Vogemann

Economy & Trade · Hamburg

Henry Boot PLC

Economy & Trade · Sheffield

UK business

Fullers GreatSights Bay of Islands

Economy & Trade · Paihia

Former marine tourism operator in New Zealand

Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company

Economy & Trade · Lockport

Industrial corporation

Needler's

Economy & Trade · Kingston upon Hull

English confectionery company and brand

Hungarian Royal Postal Savings Bank

Economy & Trade · Former building of Postal Savings Bank Budapest

Former Hungarian financial institution

Hospital Sisters Health System

Economy & Trade · Springfield

US non-profit healthcare system

Southern Progress Corporation

Economy & Trade · Birmingham

American publishing company

Perpetual Limited

Economy & Trade · Sydney

Company in Sydney, Australia

1886 Charleston earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in South Carolina, United States

1886 Peloponnese earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Greece

1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera

Disasters & Pandemics · Mount Tarawera

1886 volcanic eruption in New Zealand

Great Vancouver Fire

Disasters & Pandemics

Fire that burned down most of Vancouver, BC

Tornado, May 12, 1886, Madrid, Spain

Disasters & Pandemics · Madrid

Haymarket affair

Social Movements & Revolutions

Aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago

Nagasaki incident

Social Movements & Revolutions · Nagasaki

1883 riot of Chinese sailors in Japan

1886 Belfast riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Belfast

1886 Civil unrest incident in Belfast, Ireland

Palingoproer

Social Movements & Revolutions · Jordaan

Uprising in Amsterdam in 1886

Bay View Massacre

Social Movements & Revolutions

Eight hour work week labor action in the USA

Greek Catholic Co-Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Zagreb

Architecture & Engineering · Gradec

Church building in Zagreb, Croatia

Dar Batha

Architecture & Engineering

Moroccan cultural heritage site

Arena Manawatu

Architecture & Engineering · Palmerston North

Stadium in New Zealand

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France

Glogovac monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Serbian Orthodox monastery

Hommelvik Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Saltstraumen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Bodø, Norway

Davik Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Bremanger Municipality, Norway

Breim Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Gloppen, Vestland, Norway

Uranienborg Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Oslo, Norway

Netlandsnes Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kvinesdal, Southern Norway

Grue Finnskog Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Grue, Innlandet, Norway

Stokke Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway

St. Anthony of Padua Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in New York, United States

Västra Hoby Church

Architecture & Engineering · Västra Hoby

Church building in Lund Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden

Most Holy Trinity Church

Architecture & Engineering

Catholic church in Mamaroneck, New York

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Melbourne, Florida)

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Florida, United States of America

Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (Pensacola, Florida)

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Florida, United States

Baranagar Math

Architecture & Engineering

First monastery of Ramakrishna Order, situated in Baranagar, India

Grace Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Astoria, Oregon, USA

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Bassetlaw, UK

Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton

Architecture & Engineering

Church in United Kingdom

St. John Evangelical Church

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church building from 1886 in Sosnowiec, Poland

Trinity Lutheran Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Canton, Ohio

Reedy Chapel A.M.E. Church

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas

St. Agnes' Church, Burmantofts

Architecture & Engineering · Burmantofts

Church in Burmantofts, UK

St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in New York, United States of America

St Andrew's Church, Worthing

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK

Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

St Cross Church, Appleton Thorn

Architecture & Engineering · Appleton Thorn

Grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK

St David's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Haigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Zagreb (Granešina)

Architecture & Engineering · Granešina

Church building in Zagreb, Croatia

George Kent Performance Hall

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Rhode Island, United States of America

Christ United Church of Christ

Architecture & Engineering · Baltimore

Is a United Church of Christ church in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It was formerly a German Reformed church

German Church

Architecture & Engineering · Gamla stan

Church building in Stockholm, Sweden

Long Sơn Pagoda

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple in Vietnam

D. Luís I. Fort

Architecture & Engineering

Prison and former fort in Caxias, Portugal

Kobe Eiko Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Shimo-Yamate-dōri, Japan

Church of Christ, Riga

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Riga, Latvia

Unity Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Equestrian statue of Frederick William IV

Architecture & Engineering · Alte Nationalgalerie

19th-century sculpture of King Frederick William IV of Prussia

Monument to Labor

Architecture & Engineering · Laeken

Memorial in Brussels, Belgium

Henry Fawcett Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Victoria Embankment Gardens

Memorial in London; Mural fountain of granite with a bronze panel above the basin containing a medallion portrait.

Church of Saint Stephen

Architecture & Engineering · Yeşilköy

Church building in İstanbul, Turkey

Orthodox church of the Feast of the Cross in Kożany

Architecture & Engineering

Södra vattentornet

Architecture & Engineering · Örebro

Water tower in Orebro, Sweden

Motoshirochō Tōshō-gū

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan

obélisque du méridien de Paris

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, France

St. Alexander Nevsky Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ukraine

Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Detroit, United States of America

George Washington Carver Homestead Site

Architecture & Engineering

homestead in Ness County, Kansas

Lusk Water Tower

Architecture & Engineering

water tower in Wyoming, United States of America

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Delaware, Ohio, United States

Bethlehem Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Tennessee, United States of America

Marshallton United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Delaware, United States of America

Highland United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Michigan, United States of America

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Oklahoma, United States of America

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic former church in Dayton, Oregon, USA

Hanscom Park United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

Methodist church in Omaha, Nebraska

First Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church building in McMinnville, Tennessee, USA

Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Florida, United States of America

Mount Prospect Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Arkansas, United States of America

Mt. Olivet Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Kentucky, United States of America

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Fort Wayne, United States of America

Wiley United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Chattanooga, United States of America

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Historic cemetery in Bedford County, Tennessee, US

Władysław Jagiełło and Jadwiga Monument in Kraków

Architecture & Engineering · Planty Park

Monument in Kraków, Poland

Pasaje Gutiérerz

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Valladolid, Spain

Chapelle du collège Saint-Paul de Lille

Architecture & Engineering

Demolished chapel formerly located in Lille, France

Grauholz memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in memory of the Battle of Grauholz in Moosseedorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Maiwand Lion

Architecture & Engineering · Forbury Gardens

Sculpture in Reading (UK) by George Blackall Simonds commemorating the battle of Maiwand

St. Jakob

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Aachen, Germany

Zhantanlin Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple in China

Concertgebouw

Sports & Entertainment · Amsterdam

Concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Théâtre Montparnasse

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Paris, France

Teatro Coccia

Sports & Entertainment

Opera house and theatre in Novara, Italy

Nørrebros Theater

Sports & Entertainment · Nørrebro

Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark

Old building of the Slovak National Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Bratislava, Slovakia

Pertsova House

Sports & Entertainment

Historical building in Moscow

Teatr Stary

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Bolesławiec, Poland

Teatr im. Juliusza Osterwy

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Lublin, Poland

Her Majesty's Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Melbourne central business district

Theatre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Australian cricket team in England in 1886

Sports & Entertainment · England

International cricket tour

Kent Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Beckenham

Tennis tournament

Welsh Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Cardiff

Women's tennis tournament

United States of Colombia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bogotá

United States of Colombia ceased to exist, having been centered at Bogotá.

Warsangali Sultanate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Las Khorey

Warsangali Sultanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Las Khorey.

Republic of Independent Guyana founded

Empires & Countries

Republic of Independent Guyana was founded.

Klein Vrystaat founded

Empires & Countries · Piet Retief

Klein Vrystaat was founded, with its capital at Piet Retief.

Kingdom of Gomma dissolved

Empires & Countries · Agaro

Kingdom of Gomma ceased to exist, having been centered at Agaro.