Famous Deaths In 1885

Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1885.

Jan 06 In the year 1885 peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72

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

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 In the year 1885 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 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 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

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

Apr 23 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

May 08 On this day in history 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 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 In the year 1885 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73

May 22 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83 on this day in history.

May 29 In the year 1885 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 in the year 1885.

Jun 14 Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58 on this day in history.

Jun 16 In the year 1885 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 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 On this day in history birth of roland Diggle, composer

Jan 02 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) was born on this day in history.

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

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

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