Historical Events In 1885

Sep 21   Dutch demonstrate for general voting right in the year 1885.   

Sep 21   On this day in history thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer   

Sep 22   On this day in history erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)   

Sep 22   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar   

Sep 24   In the year 1885 herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives)   

Sep 26   In the year 1885 anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26]   

Sep 28   In the year 1885 wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)   

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

Sep 30   Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate in the year 1885.   

Sep 30   On this day in history maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60   

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

Oct 01   On this day in history special delivery mail service begins in US   

Oct 02   On this day in history ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark   

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

Oct 07   In the year 1885 niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)   

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   In the year 1885 the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.   

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

Oct 15   Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of the season on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season   

Oct 17   In the year 1885 the birth of Baroness Karen Blixen, Danish author   

Oct 21   In the year 1885 egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist   

Oct 22   On this day in history giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met)   

Oct 22   In the year 1885 john Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union   

Oct 24   In the year 1885 ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)   

Oct 24   In the year 1885 johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna   

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   Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos) 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   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   On this day in history 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)   

Jan 04   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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   Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died in the year 1885.   

Feb 14   Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died in the year 1885.   

Feb 15   Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.