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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)
•  January 4, 1885 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
•  January 17, 1885 – A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
•  January 20, 1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
•  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 17, 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
•  August 29, 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen
•  September 12, 1885 – Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional football.
•  December 1, 1885 – First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas (United States).

•  January 16, 1885 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
•  January 27, 1885 – Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977)
•  March 11, 1885 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1948)
•  May 22, 1885 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (d. 1924)
•  June 22, 1885 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
•  July 5, 1885 – Blas Infante, Spanish politician (d. 1936)
•  September 12, 1885 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer (d. 1957)
•  October 10, 1885 – Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)
•  November 8, 1885 – Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
•  December 21, 1885 – Frank Patrick, Canadian hockey player (d. 1960)