Famous Deaths Happened In 1885

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 15 On this day in history leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1885 franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies  

Apr 07 Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804) died in the year 1885.  

Apr 10 In the year 1885 john H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73  

Apr 23 On this day in history william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73  

May 04 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 in the year 1885.  

May 05 Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1885.  

May 08 On this day in history pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65  

May 10 On this day in history edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62  

May 11 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 in the year 1885.  

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

May 19 On this day in history death of peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)  

May 21 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

May 22 On this day in history victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83  

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

Jun 05 In the year 1885 julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80  

Jun 08 Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) died in the year 1885.  

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

Jun 16 On this day in history death of wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)  

Jun 17 Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies in the year 1885.  

Jun 22 Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 01 On this day in history hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73  

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

Jul 08 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Jul 15 Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837) died in the year 1885.  

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Jan 01 Roland Diggle, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940) was born in the year 1885.  

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

Jan 08 In the year 1885 birth of a. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967)  

Jan 11 Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party) was born on this day in history.  

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.