Historical Events in 1885
78 curated events dated to this year, and 267 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1885
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Pasteur Successfully Tests the Rabies Vaccine
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Premiere of 'The Mikado'
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Belgian Colonization of the Congo Begins
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First Major Publication: 'Caniadau' (Songs)
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First Poetry Collection Published
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Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Develop the First Petrol Automobiles
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Hardy Moves into Max Gate, His Self-Designed Home
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Leopold II Establishes the Congo Free State
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Publication of 'A Child's Garden of Verses'
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Publication of 'Little Orphant Annie'
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Advocacy for a Jewish Homeland
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Conversion to Catholicism
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Death of Gerald Massey's Wife
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Early Education and Influence in Orangeburg
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Education at Rugby School
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Education at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School
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Enrollment at Fisk University
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Frost's Move to Lawrence, Massachusetts
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John Kemp Starley Launches the Rover Safety Bicycle (1885)
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Knighted for Public Service
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Move to Paris
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold'
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Struggles with Poverty and Addiction
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The Destruction of Flood Rock at Hell Gate
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Travel to Europe for Artistic Inspiration
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Appointment as a Member of the Welsh Nationalist Party
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Death of Mary Anne Ferguson
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Death of Richard Monckton Milnes
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Departure from University to Pursue Acting
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Ellen Swallow Richards Publishes 'Food Materials and Their Adulterations'
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Final Years and Reflection on Poetry
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First Major Publication in The Atlantic Monthly
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First Public Recitation
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First Publication in The Bulletin
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First Published Work
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Graduation as Valedictorian
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Graduation from Fisk University
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Graduation from High School
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Graduation from Oxford University
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Mass Production of Fountain Pens Begins
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Publication of 'The Life of Edgar Allan Poe'
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Publication of 'The Poems of John Vance Cheney'
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Publication of 'The Wayside Inn'
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Relocation to New York City
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Return to America
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Adelaide Crapsey's Family Relocation to Rochester
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British Annexation of Burma
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Discovery of Gold in Western Australia
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Early Education of William Stanley Braithwaite
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Early Musical Education of Robert Nathaniel Dett
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Editor of the Student Newspaper
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Education at Queens' College, Cambridge
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Exploration of Jewish Identity
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Final Residence in San Francisco
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Friendship with Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Friendship with George Eliot
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Introduction of Vitreous China Toilets
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Involvement with the Boston literary community
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Move to Chelsea
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Picric Acid Used as Military Explosive
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Publication of 'The Last of the Barons'
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Publication of 'The New England Magazine'
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Woods Hole Fisheries Laboratory
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British Protectorate over Bechuanaland
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Decline of Traditional Goldbeating in UK
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Education at Hillhead High School
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Enrollment at Queens' College, Cambridge
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Establishment of the Lever Brothers Soap Empire
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First Electric Tramway in Britain
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First Formal Education
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Friendship with Mark Twain
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Friendship with Notable Contemporary Poets
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Friendship with William Alfred Hovey
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Invention of the Thermostat by Albert Butz
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Marriage to Clara Waterman
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Moldboard Plow Steel Improvements
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Birth of Wilde's Son Cyril
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Victorian Factory Act Improvements
Poets alive in 1885
267 poets
Poets in 1885
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