Famous Deaths In 1885

Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.

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

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 on this day in history.

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 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 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

May 04 In the year 1885 aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78

May 05 On this day in history lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73

May 08 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1885.

May 10 In the year 1885 edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62

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

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

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

May 21 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

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

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 Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) died in the year 1885.

Jun 14 Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58 in the year 1885.

Jun 16 On this day in history 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 In the year 1885 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 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 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 A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967) was born in the year 1885.

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 in the year 1885.

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