Famous Birthdays In 1885

Sep 22 Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 22 In the year 1885 birth of erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)

Sep 22 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.

Sep 24 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 26 Anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26] was born on this day in history.

Sep 27 On this day in history birth of harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)

Sep 28 In the year 1885 birth of wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)

Oct 01 Louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems) was born on this day in history.

Oct 02 In the year 1885 birth of ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark

Oct 03 In the year 1885 birth of langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947)

Oct 03 Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 04 In the year 1885 birth of henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace)

Oct 07 In the year 1885 birth of niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)

Oct 08 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer was born on this day in history.

Oct 10 Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 11 Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician was born on this day in history.

Oct 11 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 16 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 17 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber was born on this day in history.

Oct 19 Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 21 In the year 1885 birth of egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist

Oct 21 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 22 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met) was born on this day in history.

Oct 22 Lothar Windsperger, composer was born in the year 1885.

Oct 23 On this day in history birth of lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)

Oct 24 Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 27 In the year 1885 birth of sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)

Oct 28 V Chlebnikov, writer was born on this day in history.

Oct 28 In the year 1885 birth of velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922)

Oct 30 In the year 1885 birth of ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos)

Nov 02 In the year 1885 birth of harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)

Nov 05 In the year 1885 birth of will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization)

Nov 06 On this day in history birth of emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor

Nov 08 Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966) 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 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

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 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 in the year 1885.

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

Feb 14 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died on this day in history.

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