Historical figures in 1885
The atlas holds 32 people and 43 moments here, in 1885. The most recorded lives are Mark Twain, Mikhail Vrubel and Victor Hugo. Among them Writers, Scientists and Artists.
Notable people
Swami Vivekananda
in 1885
1 moment here
Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1885
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Thomas Edison
in 1885
2 moments here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1885
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Victor Hugo
in 1885
2 moments here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Vincent van Gogh
in 1885
2 moments here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
Woodrow Wilson
in 1885
1 moment here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1885
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…