1885: what happened around the world

Wars, battles and sieges37

• Serbo-Bulgarian WarWars & conflicts
• Third Anglo-Burmese WarWars & conflicts
• Battle of Abu KleaBattles
• Battle of PirotBattles
• Battle of SlivnitsaBattles
• Battle of ShipuBattles
• Battle of Hòa MộcBattles
• Lạng Sơn CampaignWars & conflicts
• Battle of Dong DangBattles
• Battle of ZhenhaiBattles
• Pescadores CampaignWars & conflicts
• Battle of Bang BoBattles
• Battle of ChalchuapaBattles
• Battle of Nui BopBattles
• Battle of BatocheBattles
• Battle of Cut KnifeBattles
• Battle of TofrekBattles
• Battle of Duck LakeBattles
• Battle of Fish CreekBattles
• Battle of GinnisBattles
• Burning of ColónWars & conflicts
• Barrios' War of ReunificationWars & conflicts
• Battle of Frenchman's ButteBattles
• The Sino-French War RelicWars & conflicts
• 1st Battle of CaribrodBattles
• Battle of BreznikBattles
• Battle of Fort PittBattles
• Battle of KulaBattles
• Battle of Loon LakeBattles
• Colonel Robert A. Smith MonumentWars & conflicts
• Battle of BelogradchikBattles
• Battle of GurgulyatBattles
• Battle of VrabchaBattles
• Civil War Monument (Springfield, Massachusetts)Wars & conflicts
• Ethiopian-Mahdist War1885–1889 · Wars & conflicts
• Siege of BattlefordSieges
• Siege of VidinSieges

Revolts, massacres and attacks9

• North-West RebellionRevolts & coups
• Rock Springs massacreMassacres
• Prussian deportations1885–1890 · Massacres
• Frog Lake MassacreMassacres
• Osaka IncidentRevolts & coups
• Jambi UprisingRevolts & coups
• Tacoma riot of 1885Massacres
• attempted assassination of J. B. S. EstrupAttacks
• 1885 Cartagena uprisingRevolts & coups

Treaties, councils and politics4

• Japan–Korea Treaty of 1885Treaties
• Convention of TientsinTreaties
• Madrid Protocol of 1885Treaties
• Treaty of MadridTreaties

Accidents and fires4

• Cootamundra railway derailmentAccidents
• Kristina Nilsson-accidentAccidents
• 1885 Cabery, Illinois fireFires & explosions
• Fire brigade Egg-GrossdorfFires & explosions

Disasters1

• 1885 Bengal earthquakeNatural disasters

Expeditions1

• New Guinea Exploration Expedition (1885)Expeditions

Already under way in 188568

• Russo-Turkish Wars1568–1918 · Wars & conflicts
• American Indian Wars1609–1924 · Wars & conflicts
• Mahdist War1881–1899 · Wars & conflicts
• Sino-French War1884–1885 · Wars & conflicts
• Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War1651–1986 · Wars & conflicts
• Chechen–Russian conflict1785–2017 · Wars & conflicts
• Anglo-Burmese Wars1824–1886 · Wars & conflicts
• French conquest of Algeria1830–1904 · Wars & conflicts
• Aceh War1873–1904 · Wars & conflicts
• third plague pandemic1855–1945 · Natural disasters
• Apache Wars1849–1924 · Wars & conflicts
• Concordat of 18011801–1905 · Treaties
• Treaty of Bardo1881–1956 · Treaties
• Caste War of Yucatán1847–1901 · Wars & conflicts
• Nauruan Civil War1878–1888 · Wars & conflicts

Came to an end in 18858

• Sino-French War1884–1885 · Wars & conflicts
• Siege of Khartoum1884–1885 · Sieges
• First Madagascar expedition1883–1885 · Expeditions
• French conquest of Vietnam1858–1885 · Wars & conflicts
• Siege of Tuyên Quang1884–1885 · Sieges
• Colombian Civil War of 1884-18851884–1885 · Wars & conflicts
• Egyptian invasion of Hararghe1874–1885 · Wars & conflicts
• Suakin Expedition1884–1885 · Expeditions

Founded or built in 188593

• Congo Free StateStates & realms
• German East AfricaStates & realms
• Melbourne Cricket GroundMonuments
• Home Insurance BuildingBuildings
• Shibuya StationTransport
• Texas State CapitolBuildings
• EuxinogradPalaces
• Castle of SammezzanoPalaces
• Lycée LakanalBuildings
• Palace ModelloPalaces
• Goucher CollegeUniversities
• Museum of the RisorgimentoPalaces
• Wrangel MansionBuildings
• Epigraphical MuseumArchaeology
• KurhausHotels & shops
• Victoria GateCastles & forts
• Leaning Tower of Teluk IntanTowers
• Monument to ColumbusMonuments
• Park KrakowskiMonuments
• Andrássy CastlePalaces
• Baron Bliss LightMonuments
• Elephantine ColossusHotels & shops
• Penitentiary of New MexicoPrisons
• Ryndzyun hydropathicBuildings
• Young motherMonuments
• Brussels Shot TowerTowers
• Heidelberger BergbahnTransport
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg statueMonuments
• Loverdos MuseumMuseums & galleries
• Oulu PrisonPrisons

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