January 1886 in History

Events in History

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

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 Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
Jan 3 John G Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas)
Jan 8 Noble Drew Ali [Timothy Drew], prophet (Moorish Science Temple), born in North Carolina
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 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 16 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), dies at 81
Jan 18 Michal Czajchovski [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies
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]