In the year 1885
182 Notable deaths
William Benjamin Carpenter
English biologist (1813–1885).
Born October 29th, 1813 in Exeter.
Died November 19th, 1885 at 72 years old in London.
Fleeming Jenkin
Scottish engineer (1833-1885).
Born March 25th, 1833 in Dungeness.
Died June 12th, 1885 at 52 years old in Edinburgh.
Reuben Fenton
American politician (1819-1885).
Born July 4th, 1819 in Carroll.
Died August 25th, 1885 at 66 years old in Jamestown.
Ranodip Singh Kunwar
Nepalese prime minister and maharaja of kaski and lamjung (1825-1885).
Born April 3rd, 1825 in Kingdom of Nepal.
Died November 22nd, 1885 at 60 years old in Kathmandu.
Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
American engineer (1826–1885).
Born October 1st, 1826 in Watertown.
Died February 14th, 1885 at 58 years old in Paris.
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.
Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
German prince (1862-1885).
Born June 24th, 1862 in Dischingen.
Died June 2nd, 1885 at 22 years old in Regensburg.
Henri Tresca
French engineer (1814-1885).
Born October 12th, 1814 in Dunkirk.
Died June 21st, 1885 at 70 years old in Paris.
Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
Spanish submarine pioneer (1819-1885).
Born September 28th, 1819 in Figueres.
Died September 6th, 1885 at 65 years old in Barcelona.
William M. Gwin
American politician (1805-1885).
Born October 9th, 1805 in Gallatin.
Died September 3rd, 1885 at 79 years old in New York City.
Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
German general (1809–1885).
Born February 24th, 1809 in Dresden. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1885 at 76 years old in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns
British statesman who served as lord chancellor of great britain (1819–1885).
Born December 27th, 1819 in Cultra.
Died April 2nd, 1885 at 65 years old in Bournemouth.
Amédée Courbet
French admiral (1827–1885).
Born June 26th, 1827 in Abbeville.
Died June 11th, 1885 at 57 years old in Magong City (cholera).
Daniel Alcides Carrión
Peruvian medical student (1857-1885).
Born August 13th, 1857 in Cerro de Pasco.
Died October 5th, 1885 at 28 years old in Lima (Carrion's disease).
Henri Milne-Edwards
French zoologist (1800-1885).
Born October 23rd, 1800 in Bruges.
Died July 29th, 1885 at 84 years old in Paris.
William Sharon
American politician (1821–1885).
Born January 9th, 1821 in Smithfield.
Died November 13th, 1885 at 64 years old in San Francisco.
Beriah Magoffin
American politician (1815-1885).
Born April 18th, 1815 in Harrodsburg.
Died February 28th, 1885 at 69 years old in Harrodsburg.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
American lawyer and politician (1817–1885).
Born August 4th, 1817 in Millstone. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1885 at 67 years old in Newark.
C. A. Rosetti
Romanian politician (1816–1885).
Born June 2nd, 1816 in Bucharest.
Died April 8th, 1885 at 68 years old in Bucharest.
Susan Warner
American writer (1819-1885).
Born July 11th, 1819 in New York City.
Died March 17th, 1885 at 65 years old in Highland Falls.
Alexandre Mouton
American politician (1804-1885).
Born November 19th, 1804 in Lafayette Parish.
Died February 12th, 1885 at 80 years old in Lafayette.
James Chesnut Jr.
American politician (1815-1885).
Born January 18th, 1815 in Camden.
Died February 1st, 1885 at 70 years old in Camden.
Eduard Riedel
German architect.
Born February 1st, 1813 in Bayreuth.
Died August 24th, 1885 at 72 years old in Starnberg.
Edmond François Valentin About
French writer and critic (1828-1885).
Born February 14th, 1828 in Dieuze.
Died January 17th, 1885 at 56 years old in rue de Douai.
Maria Weston Chapman
American abolitionist (1806–1885).
Born July 25th, 1806 in Weymouth.
Died July 12th, 1885 at 78 years old in Weymouth. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 182
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi