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1886
Events
January–March
January 1
–
Upper Burma
is formally annexed to
British Burma
, following its conquest in the
Third Anglo-Burmese War
of November 1885.
January 16
– A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the
Prussian deportations
, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from
Prussia
, initiated by
Otto von Bismarck
.
January 18
– Modern
field hockey
is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
January 29
–
Karl Benz
patents the first successful
gasoline
-driven
automobile
, the
Benz Patent-Motorwagen
(built in
1885
).
February 14
– The first train load of
oranges
leaves Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad.
March 3
– The
Treaty of Bucharest
ends the
Serbo-Bulgarian War
in the Balkans.
March 8
– Anti-Chinese sentiments result in
riots in Seattle
, USA.
March 16
– A law establishing the
Kiel Canal
is adopted.
March 17
– Carrollton Massacre: 20
African Americans
are killed in
Mississippi
.
March 29
–
Wilhelm Steinitz
becomes first recognized World Chess Champion.
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