What is 1886?
{{Year nav|1886}} {{Year in various calendars|1886}} {{Year article header|1886}} == Events == * [[February 6]] – A large demonstration about [[employment|unemployment]] at [[Trafalgar Square]] led to [[riot]]s at [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]] * [[March 1]] - [[Anglo-Chinese School]] was founded in [[Singapore]] by Bishop [[William Fitzjames Oldham|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]], [[Armenia]]n [[politician]] (d. [[1955]]) * [[January 30]] – [[Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao]], [[Spain|Spanish]] [[writer]] (d. [[1950]]) * [[March 18]] - [[Edward Everett Horton]], American actor (d. [[1970]]) * [[April 26]] – [[Gabdulla Tukay]], [[Tatars|Tatar]] [[poetry|poet]] (d. [[1913]]) * [[May 3]] – [[Marcel Dupré]], [[France|French]] [[composer]] (d. [[1971]]) *[[September 13]] - [[Alain LeRoy Locke]], [[United States|American]] writer (d. [[1954]]) * [[October 16]] – [[David Ben-Gurion]], first [[Prime Minister]] of [[Israel]](d. [[1973]]) * October 16 – [[Armin T. Wegner]], [[Germany|German]] writer and [[activist|polictical activist]] (d. [[1978]]) * [[December 8]] – [[Diego Rivera]], [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[painter]] (d. [[1957]]) == Deaths == * [[July 31]] – [[Franz Liszt]], [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[composer]] (b. [[1811]]) * [[May 15]] – [[Emily Dickinson]], [[United States|American]] poet (b. [[1830]]) * [[November 18]] – [[Chester A. Arthur]], 21st [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1829]]) == Books == * ''[[Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' – [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] * ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' - [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]] [[Category:1886| ]]