Important Historical Events of the year 1886, Year 1886 in History

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What happened in the year 1886?

Date	Event
January 18, 1886	Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
January 29, 1886	Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
February 23, 1886	Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
March 27, 1886	Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
March 29, 1886	John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
April 8, 1886	William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 1, 1886	Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
May 4, 1886	Haymarket affair: In Chicago, United States, a homemade bomb is thrown at police officers trying to break up a labor rally, killing one officer. Ensuing gunfire leads to the deaths of a further seven officers and four civilians.
May 5, 1886	Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what became known as the Bay View Massacre.
May 8, 1886	Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
May 29, 1886	The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
June 10, 1886	Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak.
June 13, 1886	A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
June 26, 1886	Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
June 30, 1886	The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
July 3, 1886	Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
July 3, 1886	The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
July 4, 1886	The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
August 31, 1886	The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
September 4, 1886	American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
October 28, 1886	US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.