Famous Deaths Happened In 1885

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

Jan 06 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

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

Jan 19 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle in the year 1885.  

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 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died in the year 1885.  

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

Feb 18 On this day in history charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 28 In the year 1885 fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53  

Mar 31 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies in the year 1885.  

Apr 07 Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804) died on this day in history.  

Apr 10 On this day in history 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 In the year 1885 lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73  

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 On this day in history juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies  

May 19 Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809) died on this day in history.  

May 21 On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73  

May 22 In the year 1885 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 Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jun 08 On this day in history death of ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)  

Jun 14 On this day in history agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58  

Jun 16 Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) died on this day in history.  

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

Jun 22 On this day in history mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies  

Jul 01 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1885 birth of roland Diggle, composer  

Jan 02 In the year 1885 birth of johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)  

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 In the year 1885 birth of alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)