WHO ALL DIED IN 1885.
See all who died in 1885.

Norwegian author and scholar Peter Christen Asbjørnsen died 6. January 1885. (born 1812)

Indian author Bhartendu Harishchandra died 6. January 1885. (born 1850)

American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States Schuyler Colfax died 13. January 1885. (born 1823)

German-American conductor Leopold Damrosch died 15. January 1885. (born 1832)

English-Australian physician and engineer Edward Davy died 26. January 1885. (born 1806)

English general Charles George Gordon died 26. January 1885. (born 1833)

French journalist and author Jules Vallès died 14. February 1885. (born 1832)

Baltic German geologist Gregor von Helmersen died 15. February 1885. (born 1803)

American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union Anson Stager died 26. March 1885. (born 1825)

German composer and conductor Franz Abt died 31. March 1885. (born 1819)

German physiologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold died 7. April 1885. (born 1804)

Hungarian-Slovene author Terézia Zakoucs died 2. May 1885. (born 1817)

German physician, pathologist, and anatomist Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle died 13. May 1885. (born 1809)

English engineer Peter W. Barlow died 19. May 1885. (born 1809)

French author, poet, and playwright Victor Hugo died 22. May 1885. (born 1802)

Canadian bishop Ignace Bourget died 8. June 1885. (born 1799)

Argentinian colonel Matías Ramos Mejía died 11. June 1885. (born 1810)

German painter Wilhelm Camphausen died 16. June 1885. (born 1818)

Spanish author and poet Rosalía de Castro died 15. July 1885. (born 1837)

Canadian politician Jean-Charles Chapais died 17. July 1885. (born 1811)