Historical Events In 1885

Sep 21   Dutch demonstrate for general voting right in the year 1885.   

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

Sep 22   Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion) in the year 1885.   

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   In the year 1885 herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives)   

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

Sep 28   On this day in history wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)   

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   Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60 in the year 1885.   

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   Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1885 henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace)   

Oct 07   On this day in history niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)   

Oct 08   In the year 1885 william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer   

Oct 11   Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician on this day in history.   

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

Oct 15   Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist   

Oct 22   In the year 1885 giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met)   

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

Oct 24   Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem) in the year 1885.   

Oct 24   On this day in history johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna   

Oct 25   In the year 1885 john Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres   

Oct 28   V Chlebnikov, writer on this day in history.   

Oct 29   In the year 1885 george B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58   

Oct 30   Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of roland Diggle, composer   

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

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 in the year 1885.   

Jan 08   A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967) was born in the year 1885.   

Jan 11   Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party) was born in the year 1885.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72   

Jan 13   Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) died in the year 1885.   

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   Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1885.