1885 (AD 1885) Historical Timeline & Archive

Notable Figures in 1885 (AD 1885) (10)

• Alban Berg (Born: 1885-02-09) — Key figure of the Second Viennese School, blending Romanticism with twelve-tone technique.
• D. H. Lawrence (Born: 1885-09-11) — Modernist English writer, poet, and essayist championing instinct and sexuality.
• Ezra Pound (Born: 1885-10-30) — American modernist poet and critic, key figure in Imagism and The Cantos.
• Hermann Weyl (Born: 1885-11-09) — Influential German mathematician known for unifying physics and pure mathematics.
• Karen Blixen (Born: 1885-04-17) — Danish author celebrated for 'Out of Africa' and evocative storytelling.
• Louis Riel (Died: 1885-11-16) — Métis leader, politician, and founder of Manitoba, defending Indigenous rights in Canada.
• Muhammad Ahmad (Died: 1885-06-22) — Sudanese religious and political leader who proclaimed himself the Mahdi.
• Niels Bohr (Born: 1885-10-07) — Pioneering quantum theory and the Bohr model, fundamentally reshaping modern physics.
• Ulysses S. Grant (Died: 1885-07-23) — Civil War general and 18th U.S. President, leading the Union to victory.
• Victor Hugo (Died: 1885-05-22) — Master of French Romanticism, poet, novelist, and passionate political activist.