1886
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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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[change] Events
- February 6 - A large demonstration about unemployment at Trafalgar Square led to riots at Pall Mall
- 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
[change] Births
- January 1 - Garegin Njdeh, Armenian politician (d. 1955)
- January 30 - Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Spanish writer (d. 1950)
- April 26 - Gabdulla Tukay, Tatar poet (d. 1913)
- May 3 - Marcel Dupré, French composer (d. 1971)
- 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)
[change] Deaths
- July 31 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (b. 1811)
- May 15 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
- November 18 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
