Famous Birthdays In 1885

Aug 15 Edna Ferber, author, playwright was born on this day in history.

Aug 15 Mary Nash, Troy NY, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By) was born on this day in history.

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

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

Aug 17 Kurt Hiller, writer was born in the year 1885.

Aug 18 Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964) was born on this day in history.

Aug 19 Elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages) was born on this day in history.

Aug 19 In the year 1885 birth of werner Elert, German luthers theologist

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

Aug 23 On this day in history birth of henry Thomas Tizard, scientist

Aug 26 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) was born on this day in history.

Aug 28 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer was born in the year 1885.

Aug 28 Vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.

Aug 31 In the year 1885 birth of duBose Heyward, novelist (Porgy)

Sep 04 On this day in history birth of antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)

Sep 04 Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 05 On this day in history birth of john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam)

Sep 06 Franz T Csokor, Austrian author (Writings on the Wall) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 06 In the year 1885 birth of otto Kruger, Toledo Ohio, actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon)

Sep 07 In the year 1885 birth of harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)

Sep 10 Berthold Altaner, German church historian (Patrologie) was born on this day in history.

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (9th Wave)

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of johannes de Jong, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook)

Sep 11 On this day in history birth of david Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover)

Sep 11 Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 11 Herbert Stothart, composer was born on this day in history.

Sep 13 Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 14 On this day in history birth of vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto)

Sep 16 On this day in history birth of karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst

Sep 17 George Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor (Courage of Lassie) was born on this day in history.

Sep 17 In the year 1885 birth of uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer

Sep 18 Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer was born in the year 1885.

Sep 20 On this day in history birth of ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

Sep 21 Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer was born on this day in history.

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Jan 04 In the year 1885 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29

Jan 06 In the year 1885 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 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on this day in history.

Jan 24 On this day in history martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72

Jan 26 Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died on this day in history.

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

Feb 15 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1885.