1886

1886 was the 15th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• The Birmingham Public Library was established, but quickly foundered.
• The first organized celebration of Mardi Gras was held in Birmingham.

Business

• February 3: The Caldwell Hotel was incorporated by officers of the Elyton Land Company.
• Molton Realty Company was founded.
• What would become Southern Progress was founded with the publishing of the Progressive Farmer.

Religion

• First Methodist Episcopal Church, South of Avondale was founded.
• Southside Baptist Church was formed.

Works

• "Sketches of Alabama" by Mary Gordon Duffee

Buildings

• Brookside mine
• Paul Hayne School
• Iron Age building
• Slaton, McGlathery & Burwell warehouse
• The first St James United Methodist Church building

Individuals

Births

• February 27: Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice
• April 23: Harry Coveleski, baseball player
• July 28: A. Clinton Decker, sanitation engineer and first Mayor of Fairfield
• Arthur Dycer, pastor

Deaths

• Moses Fields, first white child born in Jefferson County

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