What Happened in February 1886

Historical Events

State of Emergency in Seattle

Feb 9 US President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence

Feb 12 2nd British Conservative government of Marquess of Salisbury forms in alliance with Liberal Unionist Party

Event of Interest

Feb 13 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class

Feb 23 "The Times" of London newspaper publishes world's 1st classified ad
Feb 23 Aluminum manufacturing process developed

Events in 1886

Famous Birthdays

Frank Lloyd (1886-1960)

Feb 2 Scottish actor and director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), born in Glasgow, Scotland

Feb 2 Kurt Baschwitz, German-Dutch sociologist and journalist (Du und) (d. 1968)
Feb 3 Erwin Kroll, German composer, born in Eylau, German Empire (now Iława, Poland) (d. 1976)
Feb 6 E J "Tiger" Smith, English cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 20 dismissals; Warwickshire CCC) and umpire (8 Tests 1933-38), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1979)
Feb 8 Charlie Ruggles, American actor (Bringing Up Baby, The Patchwork Girl of Oz), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1970)
Feb 10 Olin Howland, American actor (Gone With The Wind; Them!; Circus Boy), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1959)
Feb 12 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, Swedish organist and composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1949)
Feb 12 Michel Brusselmans, Belgian composer (Flemish Rhapsody), born in Paris, France (d. 1960)
Feb 14 Theodor Werner, German painter, born in Jettenburg, Germany (d. 1969)
Feb 16 Andrew Ducat, English cricketer and footballer international (Test for Eng 1921), born in London, England (d. 1942)
Feb 16 Robert R. Williams, American chemist, first to synthesize vitamins thiamine and B1, born in Nellore, India (d. 1965) [1]
Feb 16 Van Wyck Brooks, American literary historian and writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 1963)
Feb 19 George Luther Foote, American composer, born in Cannes, France (d. 1956)
Feb 20 Bela Kun, Hungarian Communist revolutionary (de facto head of Hungarian Soviet Republic 1919), born in Lele, Hungary (d. 1938)
Feb 21 Herbert J. Krapp, American theatre architect and designer responsible for almost half of current Broadway venues, born in New York City (d. 1973)
Feb 22 Hugo Ball, German playwright and social critic (co-founder Flametti, Dada), born in Pirmasens, Germany (d. 1927)
Feb 23 Albert Edward Sammons, British concert violinist and composer, born in Fulham, England (d. 1957)
Feb 23 Ventura García Calderón, Peruvian diplomat and author, born in Paris, France (d. 1959)
Feb 27 Hugo L. Black, American lawyer, jurist and politician (Sen-D-Alabama 1927-37, 78th Supreme Court justice 1937-71), born in Harlan, Alabama (d. 1971)
Feb 28 José Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter and author (Madrid Escenas), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1945)
Feb 28 Max Vasmer, German-Russian linguist (La Tertulia de Pombo), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1962)