What Happened in January 1886

Historical Events

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Jan 5 "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson published by Longmans, Green & Co.

Novelist and Children's Writer Robert Louis Stevenson

Jan 15 Weekly Herald, 1st newspaper in Vancouver, BC, publishes 1st issue
Jan 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England
Jan 19 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
Jan 27 First British government of Salisbury resigns

Benz Patent-Motorwagen

Jan 29 Karl Benz patents the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen" in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world's 1st automobile with a burning motor [1]

Automobile Engineer and Inventor Karl Benz

Events in 1886

Famous Birthdays

Jan 2 Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
Jan 2 Florence Lawrence [Bridgwood], Canadian stage and silent screen actress (Confidence; Lady Helen's Escapade), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1938)
Jan 2 Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican-American Yiddish poet (In New-York), born in Zlotshev, Galicia (d. 1932)
Jan 3 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1967)
Jan 3 John Gould Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas; Burning Mountain), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1950) [1]
Jan 8 Noble Drew Ali [Timothy Drew], American prophet (Moorish Science Temple), born in North Carolina (d. 1929)
Jan 10 Jose Antonio de Donostia, Basque musicologist and composer, born in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1956)
Jan 10 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg 'the mad Baron', Baltic-German baron and anti-communist Russian general, born in Graz, Austria-Hungary (d. 1921)
Jan 11 Chester Conklin, American actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed), born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1971)
Jan 11 George Zucco, British actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury), born in Manchester, England (d. 1960)
Jan 13 Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
Jan 14 Hugh Lofting, English writer and illustrator (Dr. Doolittle), born in Maidenhead, England (d. 1947)
Jan 17 Glenn Luther Martin, American pioneering aviator (founded what became Lockheed Martin)), born in Macksburg, Iowa (d. 1955)
Jan 17 Ronald Firbank, British novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot), born in London, England (d. 1926)
Jan 18 Antoine Pevsner, Russian-born French sculptor (Constructivist style), born in Oryol, Russia (d. 1962)
Jan 18 Peter Alma, Dutch painter and graphic artist, born in Medan, Indonesia (d. 1969)
Jan 21 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs (d. 1940)
Jan 22 John Joseph Becker, American composer and conductor, born in Henderson, Kentucky (d. 1961)
Jan 24 Henry King, Christiansburg Virginia, American film director (d. 1982)
Jan 25 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1922-45, 1952-54), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1954)
Jan 27 Frank Nitti [Francesco Nitto], Italian-American gangster, born in Angri, Campania, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1943)
Jan 28 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
Jan 28 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
Jan 31 Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), born in Honda, Colombia (d. 1959)

Born in 1886

Famous Deaths

Jan 4 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
Jan 9 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, dies at 73
Jan 16 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
Jan 16 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), dies at 81
Jan 18 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
Jan 26 David Rice Atchison, American politician (not President of the United States for a day on March 4, 1849), dies at 78 [1]