1885

Year 1885 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - The first successful is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
 * - patents the.
 * - Troops loyal to the  conquer
 * - King establishes the  as a personal possession.
 * - The first ese arrive in.
 * - 's  is published for the first time.
 * - president  dedicates the
 * - British executioner fails to, sentenced for the murder of Emma Keyse. Sentence is commuted to
 * - Final Act of the regulates an colonization and trade in.
 * March-May - took place and was put down in.
 * - A subsidiary of the American Bell Telephone Company,, is incorporated in.
 * - replaces  as.
 * - and 's  opens at the.
 * -  reports that "A lady well-known in literary and scientific circles" has been by the  in, . Jeannette C. Pickersgill was the first person to be officially cremated in the
 * - The triggers the  which nearly gives rise to war between the  and.
 * - The establishes a  over.

April - June

 * - was granted a German patent for his 1-cylinder   design
 * - A bill is signed in the New York State legislature forming the
 *  magazine goes on sale for the first time.
 * and warriors won the, their largest victory over  forces during the.
 * The is established by King.
 * – - government forces inflict decisive defeat on  rebels at the.
 * - The arrives in.
 * - becomes
 * - becomes

July - September

 * - successfully tests his  against . The patient is Joseph Meister; a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
 * - is the first female African-American to apply for and receive a, for the invention of the hideaway bed.
 * - The Reservation at opens, enabling access to all for free.  is the first Superintendent of the Park.
 * - Professional is legalized in Britain.
 * - The occurred in ; 150 white miners attack their  coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
 * - Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
 * - is founded.
 * - Train wreck of circus kills giant elephant.
 * - Union of with  proclaimed at.
 * - A British force abolishes the republic of  and adds it to.

October - December

 * - is established in,  as the Georgia School of Technology.
 * November - begins.
 * - finished - Finally: In, construction ends on a  extending across . Prime Minister  considered the project to be vital to  due to the exponentially greater potential for military mobility.
 * - Born in.
 * - - : declares war against  but is defeated in  on -.
 * - rebel leader of the,  is executed for high.
 * - The acknowledges this date as the day  was served for the very first time; the exact date of 's invention is unknown.
 * - 72 n lawyers, academicians and journalists gather in to form the

Undated

 * Creation of the first genuine safety, the , by the nephew of James Starley of Coventry Company; John K Starley.
 * a Scottish veterinarian, invents the pneumatic which by the 1890s combines with the new safety bicycle designed by John K. Starley. The new tyre is patented 7 December 1888.
 * in - one of the victims is the king
 * joins.
 * and raids on.
 * sells a number of his patents to.
 * First -  in, , USA (10 floors).
 * first produced.
 * established.
 * , the oldest continually running boys camp in America, is founded.
 * publishes his new English translation of , acclaimed as the most scholarly made up to that time. It will remain in print through the twentieth century. It is the first English translation of the novel to be printed on the.
 * publishes his new English translation of , acclaimed as the most scholarly made up to that time. It will remain in print through the twentieth century. It is the first English translation of the novel to be printed on the.

January - June

 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , American actor, rodeo performer (d. )
 * , American women's rights activist (d. )
 * -, Chinese writer (d. )
 * -, Italian politician and airship designer (d. )
 * , American composer (d. )
 * , German composer (d. )
 * , American musician, composer, and writer (d. )
 * -, German diarist, (d. )
 * -, American writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Russian-born dramatist, writer, director, and actor (d. )
 * , U.S. admiral (d. )
 * , Polish writer and painter (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, British admiral of the fleet (d. )
 * - Sir, English land and water racer (d. )
 * -, World War I American pilot (d. )
 * -, Bulgarian painter (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born film director (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American columnist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American social worker and author
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, Swedish film actor, director, and writer (d. )
 * May 21 -, consort of (d.)
 * -, educational psychologist and psychoanalyst (d.).
 * -, Japanese admiral (d. )
 * -, French politician and World War II hero (d. )
 * -, British mathematician (d. )
 * -, writer, anthropologist, and biologist (d. )
 * -, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (d. )
 * -, British mathematician (d. )
 * -, writer, anthropologist, and biologist (d. )
 * -, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (d. )

July - December

 * -, American film producer (d. )
 * - King of Laos (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, Hungarian chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, actress (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, motion picture actor & director (d. )
 * -, American playwright and journalist (d. )
 * -, Danish physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, French writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, American philosopher and writer (d. )
 * -, last surviving person documented as born in 1885 (d. )
 * ( (O.S.)) -, Russian poet (d. )
 * -, American general (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, British general (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, inventor (b. )
 * -, Russian explorer and naturalist (b.)
 * -, President of Costa Rica (b. )
 * -, Central American leader (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, German field marshal (b. )

July - December

 * -, general and the 18th  (b. )
 * August -, religious leader (b. )
 * -, American contractor and builder of (b. )
 * -, the great elephant & star attraction in 's circus (train accident) (b. )
 * -, Canadian leader (hanged for treason) (b. )
 * King (b. )
 * , (b. )
 * -, Irish chemist (b.)
 * -, American entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, consort of Queen Maria II (b. )
 * -, consort of Queen Maria II (b. )


 * See also .

References in fiction

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