WHAT HAPPENED IN 1885.
Look what happened the 1885.

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

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

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

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

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

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

North-West Rebellion: the four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat. (12. May 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)

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

The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. (17. June 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)

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)

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

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