(cnhubei.com) In September 1886, foreign businessmen illegally transported 900, 000 bunches of copper coin casted in Qianlong Period (1736-1796) from Wuhan.
It was extremely chilly that winter and accumulation of snow in Hankou of Wuhan reached 2 meters, killing thousands of poor people and livestock.
Cross-river telegraph line between Wuchang and Hankou of Wuhan completed construction in 1886. Two telegraph office in the districts were set up.