In the year 1885
182 Notable deaths
Susanna Moodie
Canadian writer (1803–1885).
Born December 6th, 1803 in Bungay.
Died April 8th, 1885 at 81 years old in Toronto.
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
German general (1828–1885).
Born March 20th, 1828 in Berlin.
Died June 15th, 1885 at 57 years old in Jagdschloss Glienicke.
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).
Alice Ayres
English nursemaid (1859–1885).
Born September 12th, 1859 in Isleworth.
Died April 26th, 1885 at 25 years old in Guy's Hospital (smoke inhalation injury).
Josh Billings
American humorist (1818–1885).
Born April 21st, 1818 in Lanesborough. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1885 at 67 years old in Monterey. [ref]
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
British conservative statesman (1811–1885).
Born January 21st, 1811 in Seymour Place.
Died October 31st, 1885 at 74 years old in London.
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
British politician (1800-1885).
Born December 20th, 1800 in Pontefract.
Died August 8th, 1885 at 84 years old in Doncaster.
Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre
Spanish noble and politician (1810-1885).
Born December 17th, 1810 in Isla de León. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1885 at 74 years old in Madrid.
Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
Third daughter and seventh child of prince wilhelm of prussia and princess marie anna of hesse-homburg (1815-1885).
Born June 18th, 1815 in Berlin Palace.
Died March 21st, 1885 at 69 years old in Bessungen.
Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Duke of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg.
Born October 23rd, 1814 in Gottorf Castle.
Died November 27th, 1885 at 71 years old in Stiftung Louisenlund.
John McCloskey
Catholic cardinal (1810–1885).
Born March 10th, 1810 in Brooklyn.
Died October 10th, 1885 at 75 years old in New York City.
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian forester, writer, children's writer, and collector of fairy tales (1812–1885).
Born January 15th, 1812 in Christiania.
Died January 6th, 1885 at 72 years old in Christiania.
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).
Justo Rufino Barrios
Guatemalan president (1835-1885).
Born July 19th, 1835 in San Marcos.
Died April 2nd, 1885 at 49 years old in Chalchuapa.
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
German physician (1809–1885).
Born July 9th, 1809 in Fürth. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1885 at 75 years old in Göttingen.
Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Bengali scholar (1813–1885).
Born May 24th, 1813 in Kolkata.
Died May 11th, 1885 at 71 years old in Kolkata.
Louis Leroy
French engraver, painter, and playwright (1812-1885).
Born July 11th, 1812 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1885 at 73 years old in Paris.
Ferdinand Hiller
German composer and conductor (1811–1885).
Born October 24th, 1811 in Frankfurt.
Died May 11th, 1885 at 73 years old in Cologne.
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]
Charles Rogier
Belgian journalist, statesman (1800-1885).
Born August 17th, 1800 in Saint-Quentin.
Died May 27th, 1885 at 84 years old in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Gustav Becker
German watchmaker.
Born May 2nd, 1819 in Oleśnica.
Died September 14th, 1885 at 66 years old in Berchtesgaden.
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).
Nikolay Danilevsky
Russian academic (1822-1885).
Born December 10th, 1822 in Livenskiy Uyezd.
Died November 19th, 1885 at 62 years old in Tbilisi.
William Thoms
British writer (1803–1885).
Born November 16th, 1803 in London.
Died August 15th, 1885 at 81 years old in London.
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).
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To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan