1886
| 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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| Gregorian calendar | 1886 MDCCCLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2639 |
| Armenian calendar | 1335 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6636 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 42–43 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1807–1808 |
| Bengali calendar | 1293 |
| Berber calendar | 2836 |
| British Regnal year | 49 Vict. 1 – 50 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2430 |
| Burmese calendar | 1248 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7394–7395 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4582 or 4522 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4583 or 4523 |
| Coptic calendar | 1602–1603 |
| Discordian calendar | 3052 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1878–1879 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5646–5647 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1942–1943 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1807–1808 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4986–4987 |
| Holocene calendar | 11886 |
| Igbo calendar | 886–887 |
| Iranian calendar | 1264–1265 |
| Islamic calendar | 1303–1304 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 19 (明治１９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1815–1816 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4219 |
| Minguo calendar | 26 before ROC 民前26年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 418 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2428–2429 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 2012 or 1631 or 859 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 2013 or 1632 or 860 |
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1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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)