What Happened In August 1885 In History

Historical Events for August, 1885

• 8th » More than 1.5 million people attend the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant in New York City.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1885

• 1st » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist, Nobel Prize for Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
• 11th » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist (d. 1958)
• 12th » Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959)
• 12th » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1959)
• 15th » Edna Ferber, American author (d. 1968)
• 18th » Vance and Nettie Palmer or Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (d. 1964)
• 20th » Dino Campana, Italian poet (d. 1932)
• 21st » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (d. 1939)
• 22nd » Thomas Cooke (footballer) called Thomas Cooke, American soccer player (d. 1964)
• 26th » Jules Romains, French author and poet (d. 1972)
• 28th » Vance and Nettie Palmer or Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)
• 31st » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (d. 1940)

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