1885
year
1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1885th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 885th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1885, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1882 1883 1884 – 1885 – 1886 1887 1888 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1885 MDCCCLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2638 |
| Armenian calendar | 1334 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6635 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 41–42 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1806–1807 |
| Bengali calendar | 1292 |
| Berber calendar | 2835 |
| British Regnal year | 48 Vict. 1 – 49 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2429 |
| Burmese calendar | 1247 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7393–7394 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4581 or 4521 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4582 or 4522 |
| Coptic calendar | 1601–1602 |
| Discordian calendar | 3051 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1877–1878 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5645–5646 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1941–1942 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1806–1807 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4985–4986 |
| Holocene calendar | 11885 |
| Igbo calendar | 885–886 |
| Iranian calendar | 1263–1264 |
| Islamic calendar | 1302–1303 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 18 (明治１８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1814–1815 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4218 |
| Minguo calendar | 27 before ROC 民前27年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 417 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2427–2428 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 2011 or 1630 or 858 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 2012 or 1631 or 859 |
Events
change- Benz builds the first single-cylinder engine for car.
- John K Starley creates the first genuine bicycle, the Rover.
- John Boyd Dunlop invents the pneumatic tire.
- W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan's The Mikado
- The Times reports that "A lady well known in literary and scientific circles" has been cremated by the Cremation Society in Woking, Surrey. She is the first person to be officially cremated in the United Kingdom.
- Cholera epidemic in Spain – one of the victims is the king Alfonso XII.
- Third Burmese War begins.
- Clint Eastwood defeats Mad Dog Tannen.
- Sitting Bull joins Buffalo Bill.
- Randolph Churchill becomes a viceroy of India.
- Nikola Tesla sells a number of his patents to George Westinghouse.
- William Stanley, Jr. builds the first practical alternating current transformer device, the induction coil.
- Local anesthetic.
- First skyscraper – Home Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois, USA (10 floors) is built.
- Bicycle Playing Cards are first produced.
- Grover Cleveland replaces Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States
Births
change- January 8 – John Curtin, Australia's 14th Prime Minister
- September 17 – George Cleveland, Canadian actor