Historical Events In 1885

Feb 04   In the year 1885 cairine Ray Wilson, Montreal, 1st female Canadian senator (appointed)  

Feb 05   News of fall of Khartoum reaches London in the year 1885.  

Feb 07   Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930) in the year 1885.  

Feb 08   Edith Evans, London England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield) in the year 1885.  

Feb 09   In the year 1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii  

Feb 09   On this day in history alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!  

Feb 09   On this day in history the first Japanese arrive in Hawaii  

Feb 12   Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society in the year 1885.  

Feb 12   In the year 1885 licinio Refice, composer  

Feb 13   In the year 1885 elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)  

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

Feb 15   On this day in history richard Wurz, composer  

Feb 17   Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa in the year 1885.  

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

Feb 18   On this day in history mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published  

Feb 21   On this day in history sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)  

Feb 21   The Washington Monument is dedicated on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Washington Monument dedicated (Wash DC) in the year 1885.  

Feb 24   Bert Lytell, NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family) in the year 1885.  

Feb 24   In the year 1885 the birth of Chester Nimitz, United States navy admiral  

Feb 25   On this day in history uS Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds  

Feb 25   On this day in history uS Congress condemns barbed wire around govt grounds  

Feb 26   In the year 1885 congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England  

Feb 26   In the year 1885 lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer  

Mar 01   In the year 1885 lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)  

Mar 03   1st US state (Calif) establishes a permanent forest commission in the year 1885.  

Mar 03   On this day in history american Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates  

Mar 03   In the year 1885 congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government)  

Mar 03   On this day in history uS Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail  

Mar 03   US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission in the year 1885.  

Mar 04   Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London on this day in history.  

Mar 04   In the year 1885 grover Cleveland inaugrated as first Democratic President since Civil War  

Mar 04   Willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curacao) in the year 1885.  

Mar 06   Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, US sports writer (You Know Me Al) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1885 birth of roland Diggle, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of john Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)  

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   On this day in history birth of jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)  

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

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

Feb 14   In the year 1885 death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

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