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What Happened In January 1886 In History

Historical Events for January, 1886

  • 29th » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1886

  • 2nd » Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer (d. 1959)
  • 2nd » Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
  • 3rd » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author (d. 1950)
  • 3rd » Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)
  • 5th » Markus Reiner, Israeli scientist (d. 1976)
  • 8th » Thomas January, American soccer player (d. 1957)
  • 9th » Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)
  • 11th » Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971)
  • 13th » Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1964)
  • 14th » Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created 'Doctor Dolittle' (d. 1947)
  • 16th » John Hamilton (actor) named John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958)
  • 17th » Ronald Firbank, English author (d. 1926)
  • 17th » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (d. 1955)
  • 20th » Claude Jameson, American soccer player (d. 1943)
  • 22nd » John J. Becker, American composer (d. 1961)
  • 24th » Henry King (director) e.g Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
  • 25th » Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (d. 1954)
  • 27th » Radhabinod Pal, Indian jurist (d. 1967)
  • 27th » Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist (d. 1959)
  • 28th » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author (d. 1973)
  • 28th » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer (d. 1976)

Famous Deaths for January 1886

  • 16th » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (b. 1834)
  • 18th » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
  • 26th » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)

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