Death year 1885 celebrities

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Death year 1885

Rosa Vercellana Facts

Rosa Vercellana (3 June 1833 – 26 December 1885), commonly known as ‘Rosina’ and, in Piedmontese, as La Bela Rosin, was the mistress and later wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy. She was made Countess of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda, but

Louis Riel Facts

Louis David Riel (/ˈluːiː riːˈɛl/, 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements aga

Al Hall Facts

Archibald W. Hall was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the 1879 Troy Trojans and 1880 Cleveland Blues.

Phineas Banning Facts

Phineas Banning (August 19, 1830 – March 8, 1885) was an American businessman, financier and entrepreneur.

Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre Facts

Don Francisco Serrano Domínguez Cuenca y Pérez de Vargas, 1st Duke of la Torre Grandee of Spain, Count of San Antonio (es: Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, primer duque de la Torre, conde de San Antonio; 17 December 1810 – 25 November 1885) was a

Robert William Wright Facts

Robert William Wright (February 22, 1816 – January 9, 1885) was an American lawyer, politician, newspaper editor, and author who used the pseudonyms Horatius Flaccus and Quevedo Redivivus, Jr.Wright, third son of Stephen and Zibrah (Richardson) Wri

Joseph Bailey Facts

Joseph Bailey (March 18, 1810 – August 26, 1885) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern Facts

Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (7 September 1811 – 2 June 1885) was head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern fr

John Marks Facts

John Marks (24 November 1827 – 3 March 1885) was an Australian farmer and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1878 and 1885. He was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for two terms f

Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh Facts

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh KCB (9 January 1812 – 13 November 1885) was known for his involvement in the volunteer movement to recruit amateur soldiers for the defence of Britain, and for his links to glamorous wome

Rosalía de Castro Facts

María Rosalía Rita de Castro (24 February 1837 – 15 July 1885), was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.

Ernest Hello Facts

Ernest Hello (November 4, 1828 – July 14, 1885) was a French Roman Catholic writer, who produced books and articles on philosophy, theology, and literature.