Famous Deaths Happened In 1885

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 in the year 1885.  

Jan 24 In the year 1885 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 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 In the year 1885 william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73  

May 04 On this day in history aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78  

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 In the year 1885 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 in the year 1885.  

May 19 Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809) died in the year 1885.  

May 21 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1885.  

May 22 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83 in the year 1885.  

May 29 On this day in history alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63  

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

Jun 08 Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

Jun 14 In the year 1885 agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58  

Jun 16 In the year 1885 death of wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)  

Jun 17 On this day in history gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies  

Jun 22 In the year 1885 mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies  

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 On this day in history hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39  

Jul 15 On this day in history death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)  

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Jan 01 In the year 1885 birth of roland Diggle, composer  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)  

Jan 05 Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of john Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of a. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)  

Jan 11 Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13 Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man) was born on this day in history.