26 notable events from 1886 — wars, rail accidents and riots.
- Haymarket affair
May 4, 1886 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Normanton incident
Oct 24, 1886 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Bay View massacre
May 5, 1886 · United States · Massacre
- Nagasaki incident
Aug 1886 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
Jun 10, 1886 · New Zealand · Natural disaster
- 1886 Charleston earthquake
Aug 31, 1886 · United States · Earthquake
- Mount Rennie rape case
Sep 9, 1886 · Australia · Crime & justice
- Palingoproer
1886 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Great Vancouver Fire
Jun 13, 1886 · Canada · Fire
- Pimlico Mystery
Jan 1, 1886 · Crime & justice
- Seattle riot of 1886
Feb 9, 1886 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 1886 Bulgarian coup d'état
Aug 9, 1886 · Bulgaria · War & armed conflict
- Lynching of Eliza Woods
Aug 19, 1886 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1886 Belfast riots
Sep 1, 1886 · United Kingdom · Riot & unrest
- Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster
Dec 9, 1886 · United Kingdom · Maritime disaster
- Shizuoka incident
1886 · Japan · Incident
- Crawford affair
Jan 11, 1886 · Mexico · War & armed conflict
- Bear Valley raid
1886 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Paris Stock Exchange bombing
Mar 5, 1886 · France · Bombing & explosion
- Bedford Colliery disaster
Aug 13, 1886 · United Kingdom · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1886 Peloponnese earthquake
Aug 27, 1886 · Greece · Earthquake
- Vandersmissen affair
Mar 9, 1886 · Belgium · Scandal & controversy
- 1886 Würzburg train collision
Jul 1, 1886 · Germany · Rail accident
- Deerfield railway accident
Apr 7, 1886 · United States · Rail accident
- Vadino train wreck
Nov 10, 1886 · Italy · Rail accident
- Lesko fire (1886)
Apr 26, 1886 · Poland · Fire