Page 5: Historical Events In 1885

May 18   Australians depart Suakin in the Sudan for Sydney in the year 1885.   

May 18   On this day in history eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil (1945-50)   

May 19   In the year 1885 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)   

May 19   On this day in history german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland   

May 19   The first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA) on this day in history.   

May 21   On this day in history gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73   

May 21   In the year 1885 sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)   

May 22   On this day in history 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49   

May 22   In the year 1885 julio Fonseca, composer   

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

May 29   In the year 1885 alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63   

May 29   In the year 1885 erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity)   

Jun 01   Smallpox in Montreal killing 3,164 people in the year 1885.   

Jun 05   Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940) on this day in history.   

Jun 05   J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia in the year 1885.   

Jun 05   Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43 in the year 1885.   

Jun 07   In the year 1885 percy Brier, composer   

Jun 12   Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France on this day in history.   

Jun 12   On this day in history werner Erich Josten, Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle)   

Jun 14   On this day in history agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58   

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

Jun 17   Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere' in the year 1885.   

Jun 19   On this day in history stevan Hristic, composer   

Jun 22   Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies in the year 1885.   

Jun 23   NSW Contingent to Sudan disembarks at Sydney in the year 1885.   

Jun 24   British government of Salisbury forms in the year 1885.   

Jun 26   On this day in history andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac)   

Jun 27   Arthur Harmat, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 28   In the year 1885 berthold Viertel, writer   

Jun 29   Andre Gailhard, composer in the year 1885.   

Jul 01   Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jul 01   The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada in the year 1885.   

Jul 02   On this day in history canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear   

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

Jan 02   Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) was born in the year 1885.   

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 in the year 1885.   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle in the year 1885.   

Jan 24   Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 in the year 1885.   

Jan 26   Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died in the year 1885.   

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