Page 6: Historical Events In 1885

Jul 05   On this day in history andre Lhote, French painter/art historian (Traité du paysage)   

Jul 06   First anti rabies vaccine used, developed by Louis Pasteur in the year 1885.   

Jul 06   Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine on this day in history.   

Jul 06   The first inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur in the year 1885.   

Jul 07   Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 08   On this day in history ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands   

Jul 08   On this day in history hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39   

Jul 11   On this day in history roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter   

Jul 12   On this day in history george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer   

Jul 17   In the year 1885 benjamin James Dale, composer   

Jul 20   Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic in the year 1885.   

Jul 21   In the year 1885 frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)   

Jul 23   On this day in history ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63   

Jul 24   In the year 1885 desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer   

Jul 25   Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1885 andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer   

Aug 03   Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 06   On this day in history jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union   

Aug 07   5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar on this day in history.   

Aug 07   Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Aug 07   In the year 1885 billie Burke, Washington DC, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz)   

Aug 10   On this day in history leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)   

Aug 11   $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Alexander Albrecht, composer in the year 1885.   

Aug 12   Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Aug 13   BHP incorporated in Australia as a business on this day in history.   

Aug 14   On this day in history japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.   

Aug 15   In the year 1885 andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer   

Aug 16   In the year 1885 charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country)   

Aug 17   Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife & society) in the year 1885.   

Aug 19   Elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages) on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici) on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Roland Diggle, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1885 birth of johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)   

Jan 05   Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of john Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)   

Jan 08   In the year 1885 birth of a. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967)   

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

Jan 11   Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965) was born in the year 1885.   

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 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   On this day in history death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51   

Feb 14   In the year 1885 death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)   

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