WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1885
Find out what all happened March to December 1885

More than 1.5 million people attend the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant in New York City. (8. August 1885)

Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. (19. November 1885)

Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion. (19. March 1885)

Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria. (28. November 1885)

Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished. (6. September 1885)

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

The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada. (26. March 1885)

Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion. (2. May 1885)

First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas. (1. December 1885)

End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy (29. November 1885)

Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan. (22. December 1885)

Rock Springs massacre: in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 White miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town. (2. September 1885)

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

The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England. (29. September 1885)

Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule. (22. September 1885)

Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. (29. August 1885)

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

Prior to burial in the Panthéon, the body of Victor Hugo was exposed under the Arc de Triomphe during the night. (22. May 1885)