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1885 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming’s proposal for standard time (and also, time zones)
•  February 21, 1885 – The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
•  March 31, 1885 – The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.
•  May 2, 1885 – The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
•  June 9, 1885 – A peace treaty is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam - most of present-day Vietnam - to France.
•  September 6, 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
•  September 18, 1885 – Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
•  September 22, 1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule.
•  November 7, 1885 – In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on the Canadian Pacific Railway extending across Canada.
•  November 16, 1885 – Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and “Father of Manitoba”, Louis Riel is executed for treason.

•  February 24, 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)
•  March 31, 1885 – Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. 1930)
•  April 1, 1885 – Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
•  September 4, 1885 – Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
•  September 9, 1885 – Miriam Licette, English operatic soprano (d. 1969)
•  September 11, 1885 – Herbert Stothart, American song writer, composer (d. 1949)
•  September 14, 1885 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor (d. 1975)
•  October 11, 1885 – François Mauriac, French author, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
•  December 2, 1885 – George Richards Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1950)
•  December 10, 1885 – Marios Varvoglis, Greek Composer (d. 1967)