Page 8: Historical Events In 1885

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

Sep 21   In the year 1885 thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer   

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

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

Sep 24   In the year 1885 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar   

Sep 24   On this day in history herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives)   

Sep 26   Anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26] on this day in history.   

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

Sep 29   On this day in history the first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.   

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

Sep 30   Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Oct 01   Louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems) in the year 1885.   

Oct 01   In the year 1885 special delivery mail service begins in US   

Oct 02   Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark in the year 1885.   

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

Oct 07   Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) on this day in history.   

Oct 08   On this day in history william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer   

Oct 11   On this day in history alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician   

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 in the year 1885.   

Oct 15   On this day in history hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of the season   

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

Oct 17   Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber in the year 1885.   

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 in the year 1885.   

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   On this day in history john Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union   

Oct 24   On this day in history ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)   

Oct 24   Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

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

Oct 28   V Chlebnikov, writer in the year 1885.   

Oct 29   George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58 in the year 1885.   

Oct 30   In the year 1885 ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos)   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1885 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   On this day in history birth of a. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967)   

Jan 11   Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1885 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   On this day in history death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)   

Jan 19   On this day in history fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle   

Jan 24   In the year 1885 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   On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)   

Feb 15   Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1885.