Famous Deaths In 1885

Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1885.  

Jan 06 In the year 1885 peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72  

Jan 13 In the year 1885 death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)  

Jan 19 In the year 1885 fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle  

Jan 24 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 26 In the year 1885 death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51  

Feb 14 On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

Feb 15 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 On this day in history charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 28 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1885.  

Mar 31 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies in the year 1885.  

Apr 07 On this day in history death of carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)  

Apr 10 On this day in history john H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73  

Apr 23 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

May 04 On this day in history aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78  

May 05 Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

May 08 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

May 10 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

May 11 In the year 1885 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73  

May 13 Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies on this day in history.  

May 19 Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809) died on this day in history.  

May 21 In the year 1885 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73  

May 22 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83 in the year 1885.  

May 29 Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 in the year 1885.  

Jun 05 Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 in the year 1885.  

Jun 08 Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

Jun 14 Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jun 16 Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) died on this day in history.  

Jun 17 Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 22 In the year 1885 mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies  

Jul 01 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73 in the year 1885.  

Jul 07 Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jul 08 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1885.  

Jul 15 On this day in history death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)  

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Jan 01 In the year 1885 birth of roland Diggle, composer  

Jan 02 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) was born in the year 1885.  

Jan 05 In the year 1885 birth of humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940)  

Jan 08 In the year 1885 birth of john Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of a. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)  

Jan 11 Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965) was born in the year 1885.  

Jan 13 Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man) was born on this day in history.