What Happened in January 1886

Historical Events

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

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

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

Jan 2 Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/American poet (In New-York)
Jan 2 Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (Lady Helen's Escapade), born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (d. 1938)
Jan 2 Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
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 G Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas)
Jan 3 Josephine Hull, American Academy award actress (Harvey), born in Newtonville, Massachusetts (d. 1957)
Jan 8 Noble Drew Ali [Timothy Drew], prophet (Moorish Science Temple), born in North Carolina
Jan 10 Jose Antonio de Donostia, Basque musicologist & 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 George Zucco, British actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury), born in Manchester, England (d. 1960)
Jan 11 Chester Conklin, American actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed), born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1971)

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, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
Jan 17 Ronald Firbank, British novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot), born in London, England (d. 1926)
Jan 18 Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
Jan 18 Peter Alma, Dutch painter and graphic artist
Jan 21 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
Jan 22 John Joseph Becker, composer
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 28 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
Jan 28 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
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)

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]