Historical Events In 1885

Jul 05   On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian (Traité du paysage)  

Jul 06   On this day in history first anti rabies vaccine used, developed by Louis Pasteur  

Jul 06   Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine in the year 1885.  

Jul 06   The first inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur on this day in history.  

Jul 07   On this day in history ernest Bristow Farrar, composer  

Jul 07   Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1885.  

Jul 08   Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands on this day in history.  

Jul 08   On this day in history hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39  

Jul 11   Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter on this day in history.  

Jul 12   George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer in the year 1885.  

Jul 17   Benjamin James Dale, composer in the year 1885.  

Jul 20   On this day in history gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic  

Jul 21   Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine) on this day in history.  

Jul 23   Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer  

Jul 25   Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida) in the year 1885.  

Jul 26   Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer in the year 1885.  

Aug 03   Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 06   In the year 1885 jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union  

Aug 07   5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar in the year 1885.  

Aug 07   In the year 1885 antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46  

Aug 07   On this day in history billie Burke, Washington DC, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz)  

Aug 10   In the year 1885 leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)  

Aug 11   On this day in history $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty  

Aug 12   Alexander Albrecht, composer in the year 1885.  

Aug 12   Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Aug 13   BHP incorporated in Australia as a business on this day in history.  

Aug 14   On this day in history japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.  

Aug 15   Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer in the year 1885.  

Aug 16   On this day in history charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country)  

Aug 17   In the year 1885 clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife & society)  

Aug 19   In the year 1885 elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages)  

Aug 20   Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici) on this day in history.  

Aug 20   Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 in the year 1885.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)  

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

Jan 08   John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45) was born in the year 1885.  

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   In the year 1885 birth of jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)  

Jan 13   Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man) was born in the year 1885.  

Jan 04   On this day in history eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29  

Jan 06   On this day in history peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72  

Jan 13   Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) died in the year 1885.  

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died in the year 1885.  

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.