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1885 was a common year ... July 15 – The Reservation at Niagara Falls opens, enabling access to all for free. Thomas V. Welch is the first Superintendent of the Park.
August 25 – Author Laura Ingalls Wilder marries Almanzo Wilder. September 2 – The Rock Springs massacre occurs in Rock Springs, Wyoming; 150 white miners attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town. September 8 – Saint Thomas Academy is founded in Minnesota.
1885 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1885th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 885th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1885, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar ...
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, met on 15 November 1884, and after an adjournment concluded on 26 February 1885, with the signature of a General Act, [1] regulating the European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, at the ...
March 24 – George H. Pegram is granted a United States patent for the Pegram truss. [8] April 3 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his single-cylinder water-cooled engine design. August 29 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for the Daimler Reitwagen, regarded as the first motorcycle, which he has produced with ...
1885 by country. Years of the 19th century in the United States. 1880s in the United States. 1885 in North America. Hidden categories: Template Year in country category with unnamed 4th parameter. Template Year in country category with prefix available though CountryPrefixThe.
