WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1885
Find out what all happened August to September 1885

Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination. (28. September 1885)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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