1885 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1885?
- January 17, 1885 – A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
- January 20, 1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
- February 21, 1885 – The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
- March 3, 1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- March 30, 1885 – The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
- March 31, 1885 – The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.
- April 3, 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
- May 2, 1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
- July 6, 1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- July 20, 1885 – The Football Association legalizes professionalism in football under pressure from the British Football Association.
- August 14, 1885 – Japan’s first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
- August 29, 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen
- September 6, 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
- September 12, 1885 – Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional football.
- September 22, 1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule.
- September 29, 1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
- November 16, 1885 – Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and “Father of Manitoba”, Louis Riel is executed for treason.
- November 19, 1885 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
- November 28, 1885 – Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
- December 22, 1885 – Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
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