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This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... This article is about the decade starting in 1900 and ending in 1909. ... // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1885 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Finds Publications Désiré Charnays account of his explorations in Mesoamerica, Les Anciennes Villes du Nouveau Monde, Paris Births Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1884 in archaeology 1886 in archaeology Categories: | ... See also: 1884 in architecture, other events of 1885, 1886 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1884 in art, other events of 1885, 1886 in art, list of years in art. ... See also: 1884 in literature, other events of 1885, 1886 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Robert Louis Stevenson, A Childs Garden of Verses Algernon Charles Swinburne, Marino Faliero Alfred lord Tennyson, Tiresias and Other Poems, and Balin and Balan Leonard Bacon Rupert Brooke Elizabeth Daryush, daughter of Robert Bridges Sir Julian Sorell Huxley John Robinson Jeffers Marianne Moore Edwin Muir Edith Sitwell Sir Sacheverell... See also: 1884 in music, other events of 1885, 1886 in music and the list of years in music. Events October 25 - Johannes Brahms Symphony No. ... See also: Other events of 1885 List of years in science . ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1885. ... 1884 state leaders - Events of 1885 - 1886 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1885 List of international organization leaders in 1885 // Africa Ashanti Confederacy - Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884-1887) Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908) Ethiopia - Yohannes... 1884 colonial governors - Events of 1885 - 1886 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year See also: List of state leaders in 1885 List of religious leaders in 1885 List of international organization leaders in 1885 France Obock and Tadjoura - Léonce Lagarde, Commandant of Obock and Tadjoura (1884-1887) Riviéres... Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... This is the calendar for any common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... This is the calendar for a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F), e. ... The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ...

Events of 1885

January - March

Feb. 21: Washington Monument dedicated.

• Chile's Matrimony and Civil Registry laws come into effect.
• January 4 - The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
• January 20 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
• January 26 - Troops loyal to the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum
• February 5 - King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal possession.
• February 7 - The play La vida alegre y muerte triste by dramatist José Echegaray opens.
• February 9 - The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii.
• February 21 - US president Chester A. Arthur dedicates the Washington Monument
• February 23 - British executioner fails to hang John 'Babbacombe' Lee, sentenced for the murder of Emma Keyse. Sentence is commuted to life imprisonment
• February 26 - Final Act of the Berlin Conference regulates European colonization and trade in Africa.
• March-May - North-West Rebellion took place and was put down in Canada.
• March 3 - A subsidiary of the American Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), is incorporated in New York.
• March 4 - Grover Cleveland replaces Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States.
• March 14 - W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Mikado opens at the Savoy Theatre.
• March 26 -
  • The Times reports that "A lady well-known in literary and scientific circles" has been cremated by the Cremation Society in Woking, Surrey. Jeannette C. Pickersgill was the first person to be officially cremated in the United Kingdom
  • The Prussian government motivated by Otto von Bismarck orders to expel from Prussia all ethnic Poles and Jews without German citizenship. Thus the Prussian deportations are initiated.
• March 30 - The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
• March 31 - The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1433x1904, 348 KB) Summary Washington Monument as viewed at dusk. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1433x1904, 348 KB) Summary Washington Monument as viewed at dusk. ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the monument in Washington, D.C. For other monuments dedicated to George Washington, see Washington Monuments (world). ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... An appendicectomy (or appendectomy) is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 - May 8, 1919) is best known for his early work developing rollercoasters, and is sometimes called the His Switchback Railway opened at Coney Island in 1884 and was the first rollercoaster built in the United States. ... 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Capital Boma Government Monarchy Ruler and owner Leopold II of Belgium Historical era New Imperialism  - Established 1885  - Annexation by Belgium 15 November, 1908 The Congo Free State was a corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians through a dummy non-governmental organization, the Association Internationale Africaine. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (April 19, 1832 Madrid, Spain – September 4, 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and the leading Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time (usually 50 years) a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Cold War conference see Berlin Conference of 1954. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... 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For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. ... The subject of this article was previously also known as Russia. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about states protected and/or dominated by a foreign power. ... The Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP) was a protectorate established in 1885 by Britain in the area of what is now Botswana. ...

April - June

• April 3 - Gottlieb Daimler was granted a German patent for his 1-cylinder water-cooled engine design
• April 30 - A bill is signed in the New York State legislature forming the Niagara Falls State Park
• May 2
  • Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
  • Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
• May 1 - RelicNews Forums are founded.
• May 9–May 12 - Canadian government forces inflict decisive defeat on Métis rebels at the Battle of Batoche.
• June 17 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• June 24 - Randolph Churchill becomes Secretary of State for India

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July - September

• July 6 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister; a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• July 14 - Sarah E. Goode is the first female African-American to apply for and receive a patent, for the invention of the hideaway bed.
• July 15 - The Reservation at Niagara Falls opens, enabling access to all for free. Thomas V. Welch is the first Superintendent of the Park.
• July 20 - Professional football (soccer) is legalized in Britain.
• July 28 - Louis Riel's trial for treason begins in Regina.
• September 2 - The Rock Springs Massacre occurred in Rock Springs, Wyoming; 150 white miners attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• September 6 - Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
• September 8 - Saint Thomas Academy is founded.
• September 15 - Train wreck of P.T. Barnum circus kills giant elephant Jumbo.
• September 18 - Union of Eastern Rumelia with Bulgaria proclaimed at Plovdiv.
• September 30 - A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland and adds it to British Bechuanaland.

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October - December

• October 13 - Georgia Institute of Technology is established in Atlanta, Georgia as the Georgia School of Technology.
• November - Third Burmese War begins.
• November 7 - Canadian Pacific Railway finished - Finally: In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on a railway extending across Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald considered the project to be vital to Canada due to the exponentially greater potential for military mobility.
• November 14-November 28 - Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17-November 19.
• November 16 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis, Louis Riel is executed for high treason.
• December 1 - The US Patent Office acknowledges this date as the day Dr Pepper was served for the very first time; the exact date of Dr Pepper's invention is unknown.
• December 28 - 72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather in Bombay to form the Congress Party

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Undated

• Creation of the first genuine safety bicycle, the Rover, by the nephew of James Starley of Coventry Company; John K Starley.
• Cholera outbreak in Spain.
• Seattle and Tacoma raids on Asians.
• Nikola Tesla sells a number of his patents to George Westinghouse.
• Luton Town F.C Created by the merger of Luton Wanderers and Luton Excelsior.
• First skyscraper - Home Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois, USA (10 floors).
• Bicycle Playing Cards first produced.
• SSAFA Forces Help (British charity) is established.
• Camp Dudley, the oldest continually running boys' camp in America, is founded.
• John Ormsby publishes his new English translation of Don Quixote, 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 Internet.
• Michigan Technological University (originally Michigan Mining School) opens its doors for the first time in what is now the Houghton County Fire Hall.

For other uses, see Bicycle (disambiguation). ... // Rover was a British automobile manufacturer and later a marque based at the former Austin Longbridge plant in Birmingham. ... Distribution of cholera Cholera, sometimes known as Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera, is an infectious gastroenteritis caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Tacoma, with Mount Rainier in background You may be looking for Takoma or Tacoma class frigate. ... The term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. ... Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: ) (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Luton Town F.C. are a professional English football team based in the town of Luton. ... For other uses, see Skyscraper (disambiguation). ... The Home Insurance Building was built in 1885 in Chicago, Illinois and demolished in 1931 to make way for the Field Building (now the LaSalle National Bank). ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... A sampling of Bicycle Playing Cards Bicycle Playing Cards have been manufactured by the The United States Playing Card Company since 1885. ... SSAFA Forces Help (often just known as SSAFA) is a British based charitable organisation set up to help former members of the United Kingdom armed forces. ... Founded in 1885 by Sumner F. Dudley, Camp Dudley YMCA is the oldest continually running boys camp in America. ... John Ormsby (1829-1895) was a nineteenth-century British translator. ... This article is about the fictional character and novel. ... Michigan Technological University (abbr. ...

Births

For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... Ab urbe condita (related with Anno urbis conditae: AUC or a. ... The Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. ... The Baháí calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Baháí Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years of 365 days, and leap years of 366 days. ... The Berber calendar is the annual calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. ... The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar (formerly Burma) in several related forms. ... This article or section uses Burmese characters which may be rendered incorrectly. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhī). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering days and years, not only in China... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhī). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering days and years, not only in China... The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. ... The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ), also called the Geez calendar, is the principal calendar used in Ethiopia and is also the liturgical year of Christians in Eritrea belonging to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Eastern Catholic Church of Eritrea and Lutheran (Evangelical Church of Eritrea), where it is commonly known... The Hebrew calendar (‎) or Jewish calendar is the calendar used by Jews for religious purposes. ... 5645 (Hebrew: התרמה , abbr. ... 5646 (Hebrew: התרמו , abbr. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... It has been suggested that Bikram Samwat be merged into this article or section. ... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ... H.E. redirects here. ... The Iranian calendar (Persian: ), also known as Persian calendar or (mistakenly) the Jalāli Calendar is an astronomical solar calendar currently used in Iran and Afghanistan as the main official calendar. ... The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري; at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجري قمری ‎ taqwīm-e hejri-ye qamari; also called the Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... The Meiji period ), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. ... Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

January - June

• January 6 - Florence Turner, American actress (d. 1946)
• January 8 - John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945)
• January 11
  • Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)
  • Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977)
• January 16 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
• January 21 - Umberto Nobile, Italian politician and airship designer (d. 1978)
• January 27
  • Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945)
  • Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953)
  • Harry Ruby, American musician, composer, and writer (d. 1974)
• February 1 - Friedrich Kellner, German diarist, (d. 1970)
• February 7 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
• February 9 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
• February 13 - Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States (d. 1982)
• February 14 - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (d. 1949)
• February 15 - Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969)
• February 21 - Sacha Guitry, Russian-born dramatist, writer, director, and actor (d. 1957)
• February 24
  • Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
  • Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)
• March 6 - Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
• March 7 - John Tovey, British admiral of the fleet (d. 1971)
• March 11 - Sir Malcolm Campbell, English land and water racer (d. 1948)
• March 14 - Raoul Lufbery, World War I American pilot (d. 1918)
• March 31 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. 1930)
• April 1 - Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
• April 3 - Allan Dwan, Canadian-born film director (d. 1981)
• April 13 - Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964)
• May 2 - Hedda Hopper, American columnist (d. 1966)
• May 7 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
• May 9 - Eduard C. Lindeman, American social worker and author
• May 14 - Otto Klemperer, German conductor (d. 1973)
• May 21
  • Oscar A.C. Lund, Swedish film actor, director, and writer (d. 1963)
  • Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, consort of William of Wied, Prince of Albania (d.1936)
• May 24- Susan Sutherland Isaacs, educational psychologist and psychoanalyst (d.1948).
• May 22 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
• June 5 - Georges Mandel, French politician and World War II hero (d. 1944)
• June 9 - John Edensor Littlewood, British mathematician (d. 1977)
• June 14 - E. L. Grant Watson, writer, anthropologist, and biologist (d. 1970)
• June 22 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (d. 1962)

is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Florence Turner Florence Turner, (January 6, 1885–August 28, 1946) was an American stage and film actress. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Australian Prime Minister. ... The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jack Hoxie Jack Hoxie (January 11, 1885 - March 28, 1965) was a notable rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist leader. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Zhou Zuoren (Chinese: 周作人, Wade Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (1885-1967), political figure and well-known Chinese writer and brother of influential writer Lu Xun. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Umberto Nobile (January 21, 1885 - July 30, 1978) was a Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Eduard Künneke (also spelled Künnecke) (27 January 1885 - 27 October 1953) was a German composer of operettas, operas and theatre music. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Ruby (October 29, 1895 – February 23, 1974) was an American songwriter and screenwriter. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Friedrich Kellner in Kaisers army 1914 During the First World War Friedrich Kellner was a soldier in a Hessian infantry regiment fighting in the trenches in France, getting wounded for Kaiser and Fatherland. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 — January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bust of Alban Berg at Schiefling, Carinthia, Austria Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...