Historical Events In 1885

May 18   Australians depart Suakin in the Sudan for Sydney on this day in history.  

May 18   Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil (1945-50) in the year 1885.  

May 19   1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) on this day in history.  

May 19   German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland in the year 1885.  

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

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

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

May 22   In the year 1885 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49  

May 22   In the year 1885 julio Fonseca, composer  

May 22   In the year 1885 victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83  

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

May 29   Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity) in the year 1885.  

Jun 01   In the year 1885 smallpox in Montreal killing 3,164 people  

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

Jun 05   In the year 1885 j Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia  

Jun 05   Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 in the year 1885.  

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

Jun 07   On this day in history percy Brier, composer  

Jun 12   Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France in the year 1885.  

Jun 12   Werner Erich Josten, Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle) on this day in history.  

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

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   Stevan Hristic, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 22   In the year 1885 mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies  

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

Jun 24   On this day in history british government of Salisbury forms  

Jun 26   In the year 1885 andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac)  

Jun 27   On this day in history arthur Harmat, composer  

Jun 28   Berthold Viertel, writer in the year 1885.  

Jun 29   Andre Gailhard, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 02   In the year 1885 canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear  

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Jan 01   Roland Diggle, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1885.  

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 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   In the year 1885 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   In the year 1885 death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51  

Feb 14   Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.