What Happened In October 1885 In History

Historical Events for October, 1885

• 13th » The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, United States.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1885

• 1st » Louis Untermeyer, American anthologist, author, and critic (d. 1977)
• 3rd » Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
• 5th » Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1969)
• 5th » Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1960)
• 7th » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 7th » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
• 10th » Walter Anderson (folklorist) e.g Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist (d. 1962)
• 11th » François Mauriac, French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 16th » Alfred Braunschweiger, German diver (d. 1952)
• 19th » Charles E. Merrill called Charles Merrill, American banker, co-founded Merrill Lynch e.g Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (d. 1956)
• 20th » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1941)
• 22nd » Giovanni Martinelli, Italian tenor (d. 1969)
• 23rd » Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
• 24th » Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian-Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (d. 1975)
• 27th » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter (d. 1948)
• 28th » Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1922)
• 30th » Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (d. 1972)

Famous Deaths for October 1885

• 1st » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 23rd » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)

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