Famous Deaths In 1885

Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1885.  

Jan 06 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

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 In the year 1885 martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

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

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

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 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies in the year 1885.  

Apr 07 Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804) died on this day in history.  

Apr 10 On this day in history john H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73  

Apr 23 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

May 04 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

May 05 Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history death of peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 08 Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

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

Jun 16 Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) died in the year 1885.  

Jun 17 Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies in the year 1885.  

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

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

Jul 07 Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1885.  

Jul 08 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Jul 15 Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940) was born in the year 1885.  

Jan 08 John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45) was born in the year 1885.  

Jan 08 A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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