In the year 1885
182 Notable deaths
Leopoldine Blahetka
Composer (1809-1885).
Born November 16th, 1811 in Guntramsdorf.
Died January 17th, 1885 at 73 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Antoni Edward Odyniec
Polish romantic-era poet (1804–1885).
Born January 25th, 1804 in Hiejstuny.
Died January 15th, 1885 at 80 years old in Warsaw.
Thomas Davidson
British palaeontologist (1817–1885).
Born May 17th, 1817 in Edinburgh.
Died October 14th, 1885 at 68 years old in Brighton.
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]
Augusto Vera
Italian philosopher (1813-1885).
Died July 13th, 1885 at 72 years old in San Giorgio a Cremano.
Benedikt Roezl
Czech traveller, writer and gardener (1823–1885).
Born August 12th, 1824 in Horoměřice. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1885 at 61 years old in Prague. [ref]
Gregor von Helmersen
Baltic german geologist (1803–1885).
Born October 11th, 1803 in Kammeri manor.
Died February 15th, 1885 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Alfred Enneper
German mathematician (1830-1885).
Born June 14th, 1830 in Barmen.
Died March 24th, 1885 at 54 years old in Hanover. [ref]
Alfred Meissner
Austrian writer (1822–1885).
Born October 15th, 1822 in Teplice.
Died May 29th, 1885 at 62 years old in Bregenz.
Pavel Křížkovský
Czech music educator, composer, pianist, organist and roman catholic priest (1820–1885).
Born January 9th, 1820 in Holasovice. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1885 at 65 years old in Brno. [ref]
Louis Prosper Gachard
Archivist (1800–1885).
Born March 12th, 1800 in Paris.
Died December 24th, 1885 at 85 years old in Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region.
Gustav Wilhelm Körber
German lichenologist (1817-1885).
Born January 10th, 1817 in Jelenia Góra.
Died July 27th, 1885 at 68 years old in Wrocław.
Ernst Joachim Förster
German painter and an art critic (1800-1885).
Born April 8th, 1800 in Münchengosserstädt.
Died April 29th, 1885 at 85 years old in Munich.
María del Tránsito Cabanillas
Argentine professed religious (1821-1885).
Born August 15th, 1821 in Carlos Paz.
Died August 25th, 1885 at 64 years old in San Vicente.
Adam Prazmowski
Polish astronomer (1821–1885).
Born March 15th, 1821 in Warsaw.
Died February 15th, 1885 at 63 years old in Ville-d'Avray.
Émile Egger
French classical philologist (1813–1885).
Born July 18th, 1813 in Paris.
Died September 1st, 1885 at 72 years old in Royat, Paris (myocardial infarction).
Lorenzo Nina
Catholic cardinal.
Born May 12th, 1812 in Recanati. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1885 at 73 years old in Rome. [ref]
Samuel Birch
British egyptologist and antiquary (1813–1885).
Born November 3rd, 1813 in London.
Died December 27th, 1885 at 72 years old in London.
Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset
British aristocrat and whig politician (1805–1885).
Born December 20th, 1805 in London.
Died December 28th, 1885 at 80 years old in Torquay.
Friedrich August Eckstein
German classical philologist and teacher (1810-1885).
Born May 6th, 1810 in Halle (Saale).
Died November 15th, 1885 at 75 years old in Leipzig.
Ivan Khrutsky
Belarusian, polish and russian painter (1810-1885).
Born February 8th, 1810 in Warsaw, Uła.
Died January 13th, 1885 at 74 years old in Warsaw, Zacharničy.
Louise Thérèse de Montaignac
French religious (1820-1885).
Born May 20th, 1820 in Le Havre.
Died June 27th, 1885 at 65 years old in Montluçon.
Ludwig Bohnstedt
German architect (1822–1885).
Born October 15th, 1822 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 3rd, 1885 at 62 years old in Gotha.
Willem Jozef Andreas Jonckbloet
Dutch academic (1817–1885).
Born July 6th, 1817 in The Hague.
Died October 19th, 1885 at 68 years old in Wiesbaden.
Emmy von Rhoden
German writer (1829-1885).
Born November 15th, 1829 in Magdeburg.
Died April 7th, 1885 at 55 years old in Dresden.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon