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 in the year 1885.  

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 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

Jan 26 On this day in history death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51  

Feb 14 On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

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

Feb 18 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1885.  

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

Mar 31 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 07 On this day in history death of carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)  

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

Apr 23 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1885.  

May 04 In the year 1885 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 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1885.  

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

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

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 Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 in the year 1885.  

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 Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) died in the year 1885.  

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 On this day in history nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66  

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

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

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Jan 01 Roland Diggle, composer was born in the year 1885.  

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

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940)  

Jan 08 John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1885.