Historical Events In 1885

Sep 21   In the year 1885 dutch demonstrate for general voting right  

Sep 21   On this day in history thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer  

Sep 22   On this day in history erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)  

Sep 22   Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right" in the year 1885.  

Sep 24   5 German warships depart to Zanzibar on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) in the year 1885.  

Sep 26   Anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26] in the year 1885.  

Sep 28   Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905) on this day in history.  

Sep 29   The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England in the year 1885.  

Sep 30   Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60  

Oct 01   Louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Special delivery mail service begins in US in the year 1885.  

Oct 02   On this day in history ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark  

Oct 04   On this day in history henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace)  

Oct 07   Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) in the year 1885.  

Oct 08   William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer in the year 1885.  

Oct 11   In the year 1885 alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician  

Oct 13   On this day in history the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.  

Oct 15   Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season in the year 1885.  

Oct 15   Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of the season in the year 1885.  

Oct 16   On this day in history dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)  

Oct 17   In the year 1885 aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber  

Oct 17   In the year 1885 baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season  

Oct 17   The birth of Baroness Karen Blixen, Danish author on this day in history.  

Oct 21   Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist in the year 1885.  

Oct 22   Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met) on this day in history.  

Oct 22   John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union in the year 1885.  

Oct 24   In the year 1885 ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)  

Oct 24   In the year 1885 johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna  

Oct 25   On this day in history john Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres  

Oct 28   On this day in history v Chlebnikov, writer  

Oct 29   George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Oct 30   On this day in history ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos)  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1885 birth of johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)  

Jan 05   In the year 1885 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   A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)  

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)  

Jan 04   In the year 1885 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   On this day in history death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)  

Jan 19   Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle in the year 1885.  

Jan 24   On this day in history martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

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   On this day in history leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52