Events
- 10 June: Eruption of Mount Tarawera volcano in results in the deaths of over 150 people and the destruction of the famous Pink and White Terraces.
- 1 September: Police Force Act comes into effect, splitting the New Zealand Police Force from the standing army (and militia).
Read more about this topic: 1886 In New Zealand
Famous quotes containing the word events:
“A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the people that tell them.
Still, you can’t listen unmoved to tales of misery and murder.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“When the course of events shall have removed you to distant scenes of action where laurels not nurtured with the blood of my country may be gathered, I shall urge sincere prayers for your obtaining every honor and preferment which may gladden the heart of a soldier.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)