This page relates to the year 1886 Gregorian Calendrier.
Events
Africa
- Rabah moves towards North and reaches the valley of the bahr Salamat where live the Sara and of the Arab tributary of the Ouadaï. They join in Rabah which attacks Ouadaï, but is pushed back after an undecided battle.
- Lobengula, king of the Matabélé (Zimbabwe), grants concessions to the British.
- Victoire of the Bounyoro on the Bouganda.
- the Ethiopia conquers the Aroussi and the Ouolléga.
- Tunisia: France undertakes to reform the administration of the provinces. Councils where are represented Tunisian, French and foreign, chaired by qaïds, sit in the main cities. The general inspectors of the various areas are used as intermediaries between the councils and the general resident. The administrative unit remains the tribe in the rural areas and the municipality in the urban areas.
- Beginnings of work of the railway line Algiers - Constantine, after the connections Algiers Menerville and Sétif - Constantine.
America
See also: 1886 in Canada
- March 16th: Manuel Lisandro Barillas is elected president of Guatemala (fine in 1892). It signs peace with the Peruvian Rafael Zaldival. The successor of Rufino Barrios tries to establish the reconstitution of the centraméricaine Federation diplomatically, in vain, because only the Honduras is still in favor of the federalism.
- August 5th: New centralizing constitution in Colombia and beginning of the period of Regeneración (1886 - 1899).
- September 18th: Jose Manuel Balmaceda, liberal candidate supported by the outgoing president Domingo Santa María, is elected president of the Republic of the Chile. It goes continues the reforming work of its predecessors until the economic crisis of 1890 makes burst the liberal coalition.
- October 7th: Abolition of the Slavery to Cuba.
- October 12th: The doctor Miguel Juárez Celman is elected president of the Republic Argentine. He succeeds Julio Argentino Roca which respects the principle of the not-re-eligibility. He will try to maintain prosperity at the expense of monetary stability. The economic crisis of 1890 will force it to finish its mandate before term.
- Brazil: Importance of the movement of immigration towards the State of São Paulo. Creation of the Companhia Docas de Santos (São Paulo).
The United States