The Haymarket affair began as a rally in Haymarket Square in Chicago, held in support of workers striking for the eight-hour day and in protest at the police killing of strikers the previous day. As police moved to disperse the crowd, someone threw a bomb that killed a police officer, and the police opened fire, killing several people and wounding many more. Eight anarchists were tried, and although there was no evidence that they had thrown the bomb, seven were sentenced to death and one to prison. Four were hanged. The trial is widely seen as a miscarriage of justice, and the affair is the origin of International Workers' Day on May Day.
Before and after
- 1886Statue of Liberty
- 1886Founding of Arsenal F.C.
- 29 January 1886Benz Patent-Motorwagen
- 27 March 1886Birth of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- 4 May 1886Haymarket affair
- 31 July 1886Death of Franz Liszt
- 9 September 1886Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
- 10 October 1886Establishment of Yoho National Park
- 16 October 1886Birth of David Ben-Gurion
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