Timeline June 1886

Events in June 1886 5

• 1845 – 1886 Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886) Died 13 June 1886, aged 40 King Ludwig II of Bavaria died in mysterious circumstances in Lake Starnberg, days after being declared insane and deposed by a government commission. He was known for extravagant building projects, including Neuschwanstein Castle, and for his patronage of the composer Richard Wagner. His death, officially ruled a drowning, remains disputed by historians.
• 1886 Irish Home Rule Bill defeated Gladstone's first Home Rule bill fails in the Commons Prime Minister William Gladstone's Government of Ireland Bill, which would have granted Ireland a devolved parliament, was defeated in the House of Commons after splitting the Liberal Party. The defeat brought down Gladstone's government and delayed Irish self-government for decades. It also hardened the divide between Irish nationalists and unionists.
• 1886 – 1973 Sessue Hayakawa (1886-1973) Japanese actor, one of the first Asian film stars in Hollywood, later Oscar-nominated for The Bridge on the River Kwai.
• 1886 Sessue Hayakawa born in Minamiboso Sessue Hayakawa is born in Minamiboso.
• 1886 Canadian Pacific Railway first transcontinental train First scheduled passenger train crosses Canada The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled transcontinental passenger train departed Montreal and arrived at Port Moody, British Columbia, completing Canada's first coast-to-coast rail link. The line fulfilled a promise made to British Columbia when it joined Confederation and bound the young country together economically. It spurred settlement and trade across the Canadian West.