Page 6: Historical Events In 1886
Sunday, 18 January 2026
Aug 01 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand 


Aug 01 isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder (System Keesing). 


Aug 02 John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961) 


Aug 03 Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 


Aug 04 in this year, Colombia formally adopts constitution. 


Aug 05 Oscar Espla, composer 


Aug 06 Edward Ballantine, composer 


Aug 06 wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45. 


Aug 07 louis Hazeltine, inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible). 


Aug 08 daniel Ruyneman, composer. 


Aug 10 eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85. 


Aug 10 hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement. 


Aug 12 w G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust, The Oval. 


Aug 13 adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62. 


Aug 13 jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter. 


Aug 13 john A. MacDonald drives last spike of the Esquimault-Naniamo railway in British Columbia. 


Aug 15 Bill Whitty, cricketer (Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12) 


Aug 15 Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game 


Aug 16 swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50. 


Aug 18 Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Assn doubles 


Aug 19 robert Heger, composer. 


Aug 20 Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung) 


Aug 22 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67 


Aug 22 william J. Kendall successfully swims through the Niagara Rapids wearing a cork life jacket. 


Aug 23 gottfried Rudinger, composer. 


Aug 24 william Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships. 


Aug 25 1st intl polo meet (US vs England) 


Aug 27 Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer 


Aug 31 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die 


Aug 31 A strong earthquake rocks Charleston, SC, killing more than 100 people 


Aug 31 The inaugural major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston, SC 


Sep 01 neth's New Code of Criminal law enforced. 


Sep 01 Othmar Schoeck, composer 


Sep 04 apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war. 


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