29th January » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
23rd February » 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.
1st March » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham e.g William Oldham.
27th March » Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
29th March » Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
8th April » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Government Bill 1886 named Irish Home Rule Bill into the House of Commons of the United Kingdom named British House of Commons.
4th May » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a Labor movement e.g labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
5th May » The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
8th May » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a Carbonation known as carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
29th May » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertising e.g advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in 'The Atlanta Journal-Constitution e.g The Atlanta Journal'.
2nd June » The President of the United States or U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
10th June » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
13th June » Great Vancouver Fire named A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
13th June » King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM.
26th June » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
30th June » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
3rd July » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen the first purpose-built automobile.
3rd July » The 'New York Tribune' becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
4th July » The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
4th July » The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia.
31st August » An Charleston earthquake e.g earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
4th September » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
9th September » The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
28th October » In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
29th October » The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1st November » Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
30th November » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.