1886

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( 1880s: )     1886
The Haymarket affair in Chicago. An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at the police as they attacked a strike meeting, and the bomb blast and friendly fire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers; seven anarchists were convicted to death for conspiracy, without having knowledge of the bomb. The affair might have involved agents provocateurs and other underhand tricks. The next day martial law was declared, not just in Chicago but throughout the nation.
year 1886

Events

January–March

• January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885.
• March 3 – The Treaty of Bucharest ends the Serbo-Bulgarian War in the Balkans.
• April 4 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill in the Parliament of the United Kingdom; it is defeated on June 8.
• May 1 – A general strike begins in the United States, which escalates on May 4 into the Haymarket affair in Chicago, and eventually wins the eight-hour day for workers.
• June 12 – King Ludwig II of Bavaria is detained as part of a deposition, drowning the following day under mysterious circumstances. Six weeks later his unfinished Neuschwanstein Castle is opened to the public.
• July 25 – Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative Party (UK)) becomes Great Britain's 30th Prime Minister.
• September 4 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders, with his last band of warriors, to General Nelson Miles, at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
• September 9 – The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is signed.
• September 21 – American physicist William Stanley, Jr. patents the first practical alternating current transformer device, the induction coil.
• October 7 – Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
• October 28 – In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first ticker tape parade.

 

Events

Event	Start	End
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915
Victorian era	1840	1901

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
GEC		Weapons manfacturer	Historical British industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering.
University of Deusto		Roman Catholicism Society of Jesus	Spanish private university in the Basque country owned by the Society of Jesus.
Carleton College
Johnson & Johnson			The Vice President, Adrian Thomas was a "player" in Event 201. In March 2020 Johnson & Johnson entered into a $456 million partnership with the US government for a COVID-19 vaccine.
University of Wyoming		Public	Dick Cheney's old alma mater
Jewish Theological Seminary of America		Military ranks Non-profit	The academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism in the United States

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Oswald Allen Harker	1886	UK Cirencester	1968	Spook Soldier
Joe Masseria	17 January 1886	Italy Sicily Menfi	15 April 1931	Criminal Crime boss
Walter Liggett	14 February 1886	Minnesota	9 December 1935	Journalist Editor	Assassinated American journalist
Hugo Black	27 February 1886	United States Alabama Ashland	25 September 1971	Politician
Valentine Vivian	17 March 1886	United Kingdom Kensington	15 April 1969	Spook
Preston Delano	2 April 1886	Michigan Phoenix	31 August 1961	Banker Investment counselor Businessperson	Comptroller of the Currency 1938-53, to "charter, regulate, and supervise all national banks".
Randolph Bourne	30 May 1886	US New Jersey Bloomfield	22 December 1918	Author Pacifist	US writer best known for the phrase "war is the health of the state", that laments the success of governments in arrogating authority and resources during conflicts.
Robert Schuman	29 June 1886	Luxembourg Luxembourg City	4 September 1963	Politician	French deep state operative
Willem Drees	5 July 1886		14 May 1988	Politician	A beloved Dutch PM. Worked together with Intelligence agencies to set up Gladio-outfit Inlichtingen en Operatiën. Signed off on murdering Indonesians in the civil war. Tried to cover up troubles with faith healers and a "hand layer" in the Dutch royal family. Left his socialist Dutch labour party because of their "refusal" to move with neoliberal ways Joop den Uyl opted.
Salvatore Maranzano	31 July 1886	Italy Castellammare del Golfo Sicily	10 September 1931	Crime boss
Everette Lee DeGolyer	9 October 1886	Kansas Greensburg	14 December 1956	Physicist Oilman Businessperson
David Ben-Gurion	16 October 1886	Płońsk Congress Poland	1 December 1973
Juliet Poyntz	25 November 1886	Omaha Nebraska	June 1937	Spook

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