Famous Birthdays In 1885

Sep 22 Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 22 Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 22 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940) was born in the year 1885.  

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

Sep 26 In the year 1885 birth of anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26]  

Sep 27 Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 28 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 01 On this day in history birth of louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems)  

Oct 02 Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 03 Langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 03 Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace)  

Oct 07 Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 08 In the year 1885 birth of william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer  

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

Oct 11 In the year 1885 birth of alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician  

Oct 11 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 16 In the year 1885 birth of dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)  

Oct 17 In the year 1885 birth of aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber  

Oct 19 On this day in history birth of charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)  

Oct 21 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist was born in the year 1885.  

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

Oct 22 On this day in history birth of giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met)  

Oct 22 Lothar Windsperger, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 23 Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 24 On this day in history birth of ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)  

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

Oct 28 On this day in history birth of v Chlebnikov, writer  

Oct 28 Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 30 Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos) was born in the year 1885.  

Nov 02 On this day in history birth of harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)  

Nov 05 Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) was born on this day in history.  

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

Nov 08 In the year 1885 birth of emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)  

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Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1885.  

Feb 14 In the year 1885 death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

Feb 15 In the year 1885 leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52