Page 8: Historical Events In 1885

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

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

Sep 24   5 German warships depart to Zanzibar on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) in the year 1885.   

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

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 in the year 1885.   

Sep 30   On this day in history bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate   

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   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) in the year 1885.   

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

Oct 11   Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician in the year 1885.   

Oct 13   The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia in the year 1885.   

Oct 15   In the year 1885 hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season   

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   On this day in history aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber   

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

Oct 17   The birth of Baroness Karen Blixen, Danish author in the year 1885.   

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

Oct 22   Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met) in the year 1885.   

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

Oct 24   Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 25   John Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres in the year 1885.   

Oct 28   V Chlebnikov, writer in the year 1885.   

Oct 29   In the year 1885 george B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58   

Oct 30   Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1885 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29   

Jan 06   Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 in the year 1885.   

Jan 13   Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) died on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)   

Feb 15   In the year 1885 leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52