In the year 1885
182 Notable deaths
James Hannington
Anglican missionary and saint (1847-1885).
Born September 3rd, 1847 in Sussex.
Died October 29th, 1885 at 38 years old in Busoga (stab wound).
Jens Peter Jacobsen
Danish novelist, poet, scientist (1847-1885).
Born April 7th, 1847 in Thisted.
Died April 30th, 1885 at 38 years old in Thisted (tuberculosis).
Cesareo Guillermo
President of the dominican republic (1847-1885).
Born March 8th, 1847 in Hato Mayor Province.
Died November 8th, 1885 at 38 years old in Azua Province.
Louis Riel
Métis leader in canada (1844–1885).
Born October 22nd, 1844 in Saint Boniface.
Died November 16th, 1885 at 41 years old in Regina (hanging to death).
Karl Stieler
German writer (1842–1885).
Born December 15th, 1842 in Munich.
Died April 21st, 1885 at 42 years old in Munich (pneumonia).
Gaudenzio Marconi
Italian-swiss photographer.
Born March 12th, 1842 in Comologno.
Died September 29th, 1885 at 43 years old in Milan.
Peretz Smolenskin
Jewish writer and publicist (1842-1885).
Born February 25th, 1842 in Monastyrshchina.
Died February 1st, 1885 at 42 years old in Merano.
André Gill
French caricaturist (1840-1885).
Born October 17th, 1840 in Paris.
Died May 1st, 1885 at 44 years old in Charenton-le-Pont.
Betty Pettersson
Swedish teacher (1838-1885).
Born September 14th, 1838 in Visby parish. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1885 at 46 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish (tuberculosis). [ref]
Nicolás Avellaneda
Argentinian lawyer, journalist and politician (1837-1885).
Born October 1st, 1837 in San Miguel de Tucumán.
Died December 26th, 1885 at 48 years old in Atlantic Ocean.
Ernst Laas
German philosopher (1837–1885).
Born June 16th, 1837 in Fürstenwalde.
Died July 25th, 1885 at 48 years old in Strasbourg.
Yap Ah Loy
Malaysian politician (1837-1885).
Born March 14th, 1837 in Huizhou.
Died April 15th, 1885 at 48 years old in Kuala Lumpur.
Rosalía de Castro
Galician poet and writer (1837-1885).
Born February 23rd, 1837 in Conxo, Santiago de Compostela. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1885 at 48 years old in A Matanza (uterine cancer).
Emma of Hawaii
Queen consort of king kamehameha iv from 1856 to his death in 1863.
Born January 2nd, 1836 in Honolulu.
Died April 25th, 1885 at 49 years old in Honolulu.
Justo Rufino Barrios
Guatemalan president (1835-1885).
Born July 19th, 1835 in San Marcos.
Died April 2nd, 1885 at 49 years old in Chalchuapa.
Alphonse de Neuville
French painter (1835-1885).
Born May 31st, 1836 in Saint-Omer. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1885 at 48 years old in rue Brémontier. [ref]
Iwasaki Yatarō
Japanese industrialist; founder of mitsubishi (1835–1885).
Born January 9th, 1835 in Inokuchi.
Died February 7th, 1885 at 50 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno
Costa rican politician (1834-1885).
Born July 18th, 1834 in San José.
Died March 12th, 1885 at 50 years old in Alajuela.
Gustav Hermann Nachtigal
German physician, consul-general and explorer of central and west africa (1834–1885).
Born February 23rd, 1834 in Eichstedt.
Died April 20th, 1885 at 51 years old in Cape Palmas (drowning).
Fleeming Jenkin
Scottish engineer (1833-1885).
Born March 25th, 1833 in Dungeness.
Died June 12th, 1885 at 52 years old in Edinburgh.
Charles George Gordon
British army officer and administrator.
Born January 28th, 1833 in Woolwich. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1885 at 51 years old in Khartoum (decapitation). [ref]
Leopold Damrosch
German american conductor and composer (1832-1885).
Born October 22nd, 1832 in Poznań. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1885 at 52 years old in New York City.
Jules Vallès
French journalist and author (1832-1885).
Born June 11th, 1832 in Le Puy-en-Velay.
Died February 14th, 1885 at 52 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (diabetes).
Ludwig Nohl
German writer and musicologist (1831–1885).
Born December 5th, 1831 in Iserlohn.
Died December 15th, 1885 at 54 years old in Heidelberg.
Eustorgio Salgar
President of colombia (1831-1885).
Born November 1st, 1831 in Bogotá.
Died November 25th, 1885 at 54 years old in Bogotá.
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My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for’. Tupac Shakur