WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO AUGUST 1885
Find out what all happened June to August 1885

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

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

The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada. (1. July 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 Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. (17. June 1885)

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

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