Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In 1885
Friday, 11 April 2025
Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history. 
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 on this day in history.
Jan 19 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on this day in history.
Jan 24 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Feb 18 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
Mar 28 On this day in history fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53
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 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 on this day in history.
Apr 23 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1885.
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 Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies in the year 1885.
May 19 Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809) died on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1885.
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 on this day in history.
Jun 16 Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) died on this day in history.
Jun 17 Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Jul 08 In the year 1885 hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39
Jul 15 In the year 1885 death of rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)
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