Famous Deaths Happened In 1885

Jan 04 On this day in history 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 On this day in history fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle  

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 On this day in history fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53  

Mar 31 On this day in history franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies  

Apr 07 In the year 1885 death of carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)  

Apr 10 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 in the year 1885.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

May 08 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

May 10 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1885.  

May 11 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1885 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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1885.  

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

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

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 in the year 1885.  

Jul 08 On this day in history hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39  

Jul 15 Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1885.  

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

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.