What Happened in 1886 — Events, Births & Deaths

Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.

Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.

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.

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.

Workers marching for the eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what becomes known as the Bay View Massacre.

Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.

The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.

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 (11 mi) long fissure across the mountain peak.

A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.

The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.