January 2 General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum January 4 Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22) January 17 British beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan January 19 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan, 800-1000 killed January 25 Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie," premieres January 26 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum February 5 News of fall of Khartoum reaches London February 9 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii February 12 Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society February 17 Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa February 18 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published February 21 Washington Monument dedicated in Washington D.C. February 25 U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds February 26 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England March 3 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission March 3 American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates March 3 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) March 3 U.S. Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail March 4 Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London March 4 Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic President since Civil War March 14 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London March 14 "Mikado" opera premieres in London March 15 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns" March 19 Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask March 20 John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine March 20 Yiddish theater opens in New York with Golldfaden operetta March 21 2nd French government of Ferry resigns March 26 Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film March 26 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask March 28 U.S. Salvation Army officially organized March 31 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate April 30 Boston Pops Orchestra forms May 1 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands May 2 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium May 2 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published May 7 John E. W. Thompson, named minister to Haiti May 8 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl May 14 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37 May 15 Canadian Meti insurgent Louis Reil captured, Saskatchewan May 19 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) May 19 German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon and Togoland May 19 Jan Matzeliger begins 1st mass production of shoes May 22 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49 June 6 19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43 June 6 Opera "Lakme" is produced, Paris June 12 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France June 17 Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City June 24 British government of Salisbury forms June 24 Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st U.S. black bishop July 2 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear July 6 Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine August 7 5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar August 10 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) August 11 $100,000 raised in U.S. for pedestal for Statue of Liberty August 29 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey August 29 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle August 29 Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0 August 30 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda September 4 1st cafeteria opens (New York City) September 5 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft. Wayne, Ind) September 11 Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia September 12 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set September 16 Puritan (U.S.) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup September 21 Dutch demonstrate for general voting right September 24 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar September 30 Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate October 1 Special delivery mail service begins in US October 15 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season October 17 Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season October 22 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union October 24 Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna October 25 John Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres November 1 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei November 3 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses November 6 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close November 7 Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie November 9 Opera "Ermine," premieres in London November 10 Gottlieb Daimler's motorcycle, world's 1st, unveiled November 12 Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game November 13 Serbian army occupies Bulgaria November 23 Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united November 26 1st meteor photograph November 30 Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris) December 2 Opera "Regina di Saba," premieres in Vienna December 7 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes December 17 France declares Madagascar a protectorate December 22 Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee December 29 Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany)
