WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1885
Find out what all happened February to September 1885

Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design. (3. April 1885)

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business. (1. May 1885)

The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance in London. (14. March 1885)

The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association. (20. July 1885)

Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time. (2. May 1885)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States. (18. February 1885)

In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police. (3. June 1885)

Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. (6. July 1885)

Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. (14. August 1885)

The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.) (28. February 1885)

Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam. (23. February 1885)

The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada. (1. July 1885)

Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9. (2. April 1885)

American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. (24. April 1885)

The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium. (2. May 1885)

The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. (21. February 1885)

Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use. (30. April 1885)

Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football. (12. September 1885)

Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France. (9. June 1885)

Sino-French War: French victory in the Battle of Hoa Moc near Tuyen Quang, northern Vietnam. (2. March 1885)