Famous Deaths Happened In 1885
Saturday, 08 February 2025
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 On this day in history fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
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 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 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1885.
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 on this day in history.
Apr 07 Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804) died in the year 1885.
Apr 10 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 on this day in history.
Apr 23 On this day in history william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73
May 04 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 in the year 1885.
May 05 On this day in history lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73
May 08 In the year 1885 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
May 10 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
May 11 In the year 1885 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73
May 13 Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies on this day in history.
May 19 On this day in history death of peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
May 21 In the year 1885 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 In the year 1885 alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63
Jun 05 Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on this day in history.
Jun 08 In the year 1885 death of ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)
Jun 14 On this day in history agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58
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 on this day in history.
Jun 22 On this day in history 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 In the year 1885 nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66
Jul 08 In the year 1885 hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39
Jul 15 On this day in history death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)
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