Historical figures in 1886
The atlas holds 21 people and 35 moments here, in 1886. The most recorded lives are Thomas Edison, David Hilbert and José Rizal. Among them Writers, Scientists and Business Leaders.
Notable people
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1886
1 moment here
Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
David Hilbert
in 1886
4 moments here
German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…
Diego Rivera
in 1886
1 moment here
Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
Emily Dickinson
in 1886
1 moment here
American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, with documented childhood schooling, a brief Boston…
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1886
1 moment here
American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…
Grigori Rasputin
in 1886
1 moment here
Russian mystic and faith healer whose rise from a Siberian peasant village to influence at the court of Nicholas II made him one of the most…
Grover Cleveland
in 1886
2 moments here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Helen Keller
in 1886
2 moments here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Hermann Hesse
in 1886
1 moment here
German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
Jack London
in 1886
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
Johannes Brahms
in 1886
1 moment here
German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…
José Rizal
in 1886
3 moments here
Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1886
1 moment here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Ramakrishna
in 1886
2 moments here
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay) was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious teacher.…
Rubén Darío
in 1886
2 moments here
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1886
1 moment here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Swami Vivekananda
in 1886
2 moments here
Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…
Thomas Edison
in 1886
4 moments here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Vincent van Gogh
in 1886
2 moments here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
Willem Einthoven
in 1886
1 moment here
Dutch physician and physiologist whose work on the string galvanometer made clinical electrocardiography practical.…
William Howard Taft
in 1886
1 moment here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Moments
- 1886 Beinn Bhreagh estate begins Alexander Graham Bell
- 1886 Mathematical visit to Paris David Hilbert
- 1886 Return for habilitation David Hilbert
- 1886 Visit to Berlin David Hilbert
- 1886 Visit to Göttingen en route home David Hilbert
- 1886 Special student at the University of Wisconsin Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1886 Courtship visit to Abalak Grigori Rasputin
- 1886 Consultation with Dr. Chisholm Helen Keller
- 1886 Visit to Washington after Baltimore consultation Helen Keller
- 1886 Return to Calw Hermann Hesse
- 1886 Oakland Public Library visit Jack London
- 1886 Three summers in Hofstetten Johannes Brahms
- 1886 Residence and publication work in Berlin José Rizal
- 1886 Study at Heidelberg José Rizal
- 1886 Visit to Leipzig José Rizal
- 1886 New Year visit to Kyiv Mikhail Vrubel
- 1886 Blessing devotees at Cossipore Ramakrishna
- 1886 Medical study at Boji Hospital Sun Yat-sen
- 1886 Early Ramakrishna Math Swami Vivekananda
- 1886 Honeymoons at Fort Myers Thomas Edison
- 1886 Moves into Glenmont Thomas Edison
- 1886 Lives with Theo in Paris Vincent van Gogh
- 1886 Studies during the Antwerp winter Vincent van Gogh
- 1886 Physiology professorship in Leiden Willem Einthoven
- 1886 Marries Mina Miller in Akron Thomas Edison
- 1886 Death at Amherst Emily Dickinson
- 1886 Marriage in the White House Grover Cleveland
- 1886 Arrival in Valparaíso Rubén Darío
- 1886 Marries Helen Herron William Howard Taft
- 1886 Newspaper work in Santiago Rubén Darío
- 1886 Death at Cossipore Garden House Ramakrishna
- 1886 Dedicates the Statue of Liberty Grover Cleveland
- 1886 Works at Harrison lamp factory Thomas Edison
- 1886 Birth in Guanajuato Diego Rivera
- 1886 Formal monastic vows Swami Vivekananda