Historical Events in 1886
61 curated events dated to this year, and 273 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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Coca-Cola invented by John Pemberton in Atlanta
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Discovery of Gold on the Witwatersrand Sparks Johannesburg Boom
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Emily Dickinson's Posthumous Discovery by Sister Lavinia
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Discovery and Initial Editing of Poems Posthumously
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Enrollment at New College, Oxford
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Final Publication: 'Poems and Translations'
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Invention of the Hall-Héroult Process for Aluminum Smelting
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Witwatersrand Gold Rush (Transvaal)
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Coca-Cola First Sold
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Coca-Cola Introduced as a Commercial Beverage
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Death of Elizabeth Shaw Melville
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Emily Dickinson Dies
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Final Years and Health Struggles
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First Home Rule Bill Defeated in Parliament (1886)
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First Significant Japanese Immigration to the Mainland
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Friendship with Oscar Wilde
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Guinness becomes a public company
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Haymarket Trial
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Karl Benz Patents the Automobile
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Linotype Machine Introduced, Revolutionizing Typesetting
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Mallarmé Codifies Symbolist Oneiric Aesthetics
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Marriage to Mary Elizabeth McGowan
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Moody's Father Passes Away
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Publication of 'In Bohemia'
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Publication of 'The Old Woman'
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of Sarah Doudney'
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The Invention of the First Commercial Electric Dishwasher by Josephine Cochrane
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Trumbull Stickney's Early Education
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Abolition of Slavery in Cuba
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Berne Convention for Literary Copyright
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Carmaux Coal Strike Inspires Zola's 'Germinal'
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Education at Knox College
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Founding of Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog
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Friendship with George Eliot
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Haymarket Affair Bombing
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Japanese Meiji Metric Adoption
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Marriage to Julia E. McCulloch
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Publication of The Mayor of Casterbridge
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The Great Earthquake of 1886 in Charleston
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Touring with Frank Benson's Dramatic Company
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Brewer peerages make the Beerage visible
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Celesta Keyboard Percussion
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Contagious Diseases Acts Repealed
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Death of Bjørnson's Father
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Death of Frances Rossetti
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Early Education in Callao
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Education Completion for Jessie Pope
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Eruption of Mount Tarawera
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Establishment of the Royal Niger Company
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Flecker's Early Education at Dean Close School
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Illness and Declining Health
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Introduction of the Two Horse Trademark by Levi Strauss
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Marriott Edgar's Early Education
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Publication of 'The Poet and the Critic'
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Publication of 'What Katy Did Next'
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Publication of An Introduction to the Study of Browning
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Publication of First Poems
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Becoming a Solicitor
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Masefield's Early Education in Ledbury
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Publication of 'Bruce'
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Birth of Wilde's Son Vyvyan
Poets alive in 1886
273 poets
Poets in 1886
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