What Happened In August 1886 - Historical Events 1886 August

Historical Events for August, 1886

31st » An Charleston earthquake e.g earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.

2nd » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
3rd » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
6th » Edward Ballantine, American composer and educator (d. 1971)
12th » Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (d. 1952)
15th » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
18th » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (d. 1962)
20th » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (d. 1965)
21st » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988)
27th » Rebecca Clarke (composer) or Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (d. 1979)
27th » Eric Coates, English viola player and composer (d. 1957)

4th » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
9th » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
11th » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
16th » Ramakrishna, Indian mystic (b. 1836)
18th » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
25th » Zinovios Valvis, Greek politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)