December 1886 in History

Events in History

Dec 8 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president

Dec 1 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (Fugitives & Constants), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1967)
Dec 1 Rex Stout, American mystery writer (Nero Wolf novels), born in Noblesville, Indiana (d. 1975)
Dec 1 Zhu De, Chinese general and politician (commander-in-chief of Eighth Route Army), born in Yilong Country, Qing Dynasty (d. 1976)
Dec 3 Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (Nobel 1924-discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy), born in Örebro, Sweden (d. 1978)
Dec 5 Pieter Oud, Dutch politician and Mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), born in Purmerend, Netherlands (d. 1968)

Dec 6 American poet (Trees), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey

Dec 8 Mexican painter (En el Arsenal) and husband of Frida Kahlo, born in Guanajuato, México

Dec 9 American inventor and founder of the modern frozen food industry (Birdseye), born in Brooklyn, New York

Dec 13 Lambertus Johannes van Apeldoorn, Dutch lawyer (martial law), born in IJlst, Netherlands (d. 1979)
Dec 21 Hermann A. J. Kees, German egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1964)
Dec 23 Albert Ehrenstein, Austrian writer and poet (Message from the Madhouse), born in Ottakring, Vienna (d. 1950)

Dec 2 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt (28) weds second wife Edith Kermit Carow (25) in London

Dec 21 Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA Juliette Gordon Low (26) weds William Mackay Low in Savannah, Georgia

Dec 5 Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
Dec 30 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
Dec 31 Charles Pierre Schimpf, Dutch general (Governor of Suriname 1855-59), dies at 74