Famous Deaths Happened In 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 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Jan 24 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1885.  

Feb 15 On this day in history leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52  

Feb 18 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history death of carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)  

Apr 10 In the year 1885 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 in the year 1885.  

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 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1885 gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73  

May 22 On this day in history victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83  

May 29 On this day in history alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63  

Jun 05 On this day in history julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80  

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

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 In the year 1885 gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies  

Jun 22 Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies in the year 1885.  

Jul 01 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73 in the year 1885.  

Jul 07 On this day in history nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 08 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1885.  

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

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Jan 01 In the year 1885 birth of roland Diggle, composer  

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 On this day in history birth of john Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)  

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

Jan 11 In the year 1885 birth of alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)  

Jan 11 In the year 1885 birth of jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)  

Jan 13 In the year 1885 birth of alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)