1886 deaths

German journalist and historian of literature (1818–1886)

Spanish painter (1832-1886)

English explorer, naturalist and painter who emigrated to Australia and became a museum director (1822-1886)

Ottoman (Syrian-Armenian) photographer (1823-1886)

American geologist and Philadelphia publisher (Carey & Lea)

Youngest Ugandan Roman Catholic martyr (1872-1886)

German composer and conductor (1820-1886)

colonial administrator and historian (1807-1886)

Russian painter (1841-1886)

Italian presbyter (1827–1886)

German composer, conductor, choir director and music educator

Polish priest (1814-1886)

Ottoman Grand Mufti of Mecca (1816–1886)

Irish philanthropist (1819–1886)

British physician and helminthologist (1828–1886)

German banker (1820-1886)

Italian cardinal of the Roman Curia (1825-1886)

Hungarian rabbi (1804–1886)

French politician (1819–1886)

British photographer and psychiatrist (1808–1886)

Polish-Lithuanian, journalist, editor, archaeologist

Zulu commander and prince

British politician (1813-1886)

Austrian chess player (1820–1886)

American politician and diplomat, Governor of Tennessee (1810-1886)

American politician (1829-1886)

German architect and politician (1804–1886)

Hungarian bishop (1823–1886)

French writer (1827-1886)

British politician (1818-1886)

Irish bishop (1807–1886)

Chinese martial artist

French sculptor (1834–1886)

Italian cardinal (1810-1886)

Swiss ophthalmologist (1831-1886)

italian model (1800-1886)

Governor of California (1827-1886)

American artist (1859–1886)

Italian painter and sculptor (1836-1886)

sculptor (1820–1886)

French military personnel (1802–1886)

Chilean politician (1831–1886)

Greek botanist (1817-1886)

Russian landscape painter (1833–1886)

Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave (24 August 1833 – 26 February 1886), popularly known as Narmad, was an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, essayist, orator, lexicographer and reformer under the British Raj. He is considered to be the founder of modern Gujarati literature. After studying in Bombay, he stopped serving as a teacher to live by writing. During his prolific career, he introduced many literary forms in Gujarati. He faced economic struggles but proved himself as a dedicated reformer, speaking loudly against religious and social orthodoxy. His essays, poems, plays and prose were

American politician (1830-1886)

Belgian artist (1814-1886)

French historian, geographer and archaeologist (1823–1886)

Entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado (1825-1886)

Indian Islamic Hanafi scholar (1848–1886)

French music historian (1819-1886)

Hungarian actress (1817–1886)

French painter (1804-1886)

American tennis pioneer (1852–1886)

English trade unionist, editor (1848–1886)

Ottoman writer (1832–1885)

American Presbyterian leader

King of Cayor (1842–1886)

German chemist (1809–1886)

British mycologist (1812-1886)