1885 deaths

Prussian politician and diplomat (1807-1885)

German botanist (1797-1885)

French historian (1802-1885)

painter (1842-1885)

Polish spy (1795-1885)

Danish physiologist (1820–1885)

British doctor and scientist (1806–1885)

French politician and engineer (1799-1885)

Wichaichan () (6 April 1838 – 28 August 1885) was a Siamese prince and member of the Chakri dynasty. He was the eldest son of Viceroy Pinklao and Princess Aim, and thus nephew to King Mongkut (Rama IV). Wichaichan succeeded his father by being appointed the Front Palace and Viceroy of Siam in 1868, during the reign of his cousin King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). During his tenure the office of Front Palace was extremely powerful and rivalled that of the monarch's own. Inevitably the two forces clashed in the Front Palace crisis. Wichaichan was defeated and the power of the Front Palace was gr

American railroad promoter, financier (1820–1885)

Greek Orthodox Patriarch

British statistician (1810–1885)

American politician (1817-1885)

Russian bishop (1804–1885)

Italian composer (1818–1885)

Czech publicist, translator and writer (1811-1885)

American politician (1817–1885)

Russian painter (1850-1885)

French scientist (1812-1885)

German-American painter, writer and traveller (1827-1885)

American painter and portrait artist (1811-1885)

American politician (1812-1885)

Romanian general (1839–1885)

French missionary and Bishop (1816-1885)

American writer (1831-1885)

French librarian and professor (1809–1885)

Austrian noble

Danish poet (1818–1885)

Albanian politician and writer (1826-1885)

Austrian painter (1829-1885)

British painter (1802-1885)

British botanist and museum director (1817-1885)

Italian sculptor (1807-1885)

American politician (1815–1885)

Dutch theologian (1811-1885)

Russian writer (1807-1885)

Russian local historian (1831-1885)

Welsh composer (1819–1885)

American politician (1805-1885)

Swiss anatomist and anthropologist (1835-1885)

American dentist (1811-1885)

Polish politician in Prussia

Feminist, social reformer

Dutch zoologist (1842–1885)

Russian diplomat and linguist (1816–1885)

Catholic archbishop

French naturalist, writer and journalist (1803–1885)

American literary scholar (1822-1885)

American politician (1826-1885)

Danish painter and sculptor (1807-1885)

Norwegian politician (1795–1885)

19th century Prussian military officer (1795-1885)

Portuguese politician (1817–1885)

Greek university professor and architect

Italian painter (1802-1885)

French politician (1815-1885)

German trader, blackbirder and Hanseat (1813-1885)

Italian art historian (1812–1885)

American politician (1809-1885)

Medical Author (1811-1885)