Famous Deaths 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 on this day in history.

Jan 13 In the year 1885 death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)

Jan 19 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on this day in history.

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

Feb 18 In the year 1885 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 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 in the year 1885.

Apr 23 In the year 1885 william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73

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

May 05 In the year 1885 lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73

May 08 In the year 1885 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65

May 10 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.

May 11 On this day in history ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73

May 13 In the year 1885 juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies

May 19 In the year 1885 death of peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)

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

May 22 In the year 1885 victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83

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 In the year 1885 death of ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)

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 In the year 1885 gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies

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 In the year 1885 nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66

Jul 08 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1885.

Jul 15 In the year 1885 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 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) was born in the year 1885.

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 A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.

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 in the year 1885.

Jan 13 In the year 1885 birth of alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)