Page 3: Historical Events In 1886

Mar 29   Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke   

Mar 29   Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola (with cocaine).   

Mar 29   Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer.   

Mar 29   John Keble, theologian, Bournemouth.   

Mar 30   Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician.   

Mar 31   Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57   

Apr 01   Casimir von Paszthory, composer.   

Apr 03   J Palisa discovers asteroids #256 Walpurga and #274 Philagoria   

Apr 05   J Palisa discovers asteroid #257 Silesia   

Apr 05   Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter)   

Apr 06   City of Vancouver, BC incorporated   

Apr 06   Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga   

Apr 08   Margaret A Barnes, writer   

Apr 08   William Ewart Gladstone introduces the inaugural Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons   

Apr 09   Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60.   

Apr 10   Val Paul.   

Apr 13   Ethel Leginska, composer.   

Apr 13   Karoly Thern, composer, dies at 68   

Apr 14   Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)   

Apr 16   Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate   

Apr 17   Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer)   

Apr 21   Charlie Naughton, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits).   

Apr 24   Kurt Pinthus, writer.   

Apr 25   Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna   

Apr 26   Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues.   

Apr 28   Erich Salomon, German photographer.   

Apr 29   1st public Dutch electricity opens.   

Apr 30   Frank Merrik, composer   

May 01   Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)   

May 01   US general strike for 8 hour day, begins.   

May 02   Gottfried Benn, writer   

May 03   M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC   

May 03   M A Maclean elected inaugural mayor of Vancouver British Columbia   

May 04   Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb results in the deaths of 7 policemen   

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Jan 02   Moyshe leyb halpern: Galican/us poet (in new-york)   

Jan 02   Florence lawrence: Canadian actress   

Jan 02   Apsley cherry-garrard: English antarctic explorer    

Jan 03   Arthur mailey: Cricketer (great aussie leg-spinner & cartoonist)   

Jan 03   John g fletcher: Us, poet (epic of arkansas)   

Jan 03   Josephine hull: Newtonville ma, academy award actress (harvey)   

Jan 08   Noble drew ali: [timothy drew], nc, prophet (moorish science temple)   

Jan 10   Jose antonio de donostia: Composer   

Jan 04   Ernest panckoucke: French publisher (horace),    

Jan 09   Jakob eduard schmolzer: Composer,   

Jan 16   Amilcare ponchielli: Italian composer (la gioconda),   

Jan 18   Michal czajchovski: [sadik pasja], writer,   

Jan 26   David rice atchison: American politician (b. 1807)   

Mar 18   Leopold zunz: German intellect (synagogue poetry),   

Mar 29   John keble: Theologian, bournemouth   

Mar 30   Joseph-alfred mousseau: French canadian politician (b. 1838)