Timeline July 1886

Events in July 1886 3

• 1811 – 1886 Franz Liszt Romantic piano virtuoso Hungarian composer and pianist who invented the symphonic poem and pushed piano technique to its limits. His transcriptions brought orchestral music to the concert hall.
• 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.
• 1886 Wimbledon 1886 Men: William Renshaw · Women: Blanche Bingley Hillyard Renshaw's 6th consecutive title. Blanche Bingley Hillyard won her first of six women's titles.