1885 Fact Sheet
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Motorcycle | 1885 | Germany | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Neodymium | Neodymium | 1885 | Carl F. Auer von Welsbach | Jefferson Lab |
| Praseodymium | Praseodymium | 1885 | Carl F. Auer von Welsbach | Jefferson Lab |
Database: List of Prince-Bishops of Trent
| Record Name | Historic Region | Modern Region | Name | Period Start | Period End | Source |
| Giovanni Giacomo della Bona (16 June 1879 - 17 November 1885) | Holy Roman Empire | Italy | Giovanni Giacomo della Bona | 16 June 1879 | 17 November 1885 | Wikipedia |
Database: Tallest Churches in the World
| Record Name | Year Complete | City | Country | Church | Height (Meters) | Height (Feet) | Source |
| Duomo | 1885 | Pavia | Italy | Duomo | 97.0 m | 318 ft | Wikipedia |
| Peterskirche | 1885 | Leipzig | Germany | Peterskirche | 88.3 m | 289 ft | Wikipedia |
Database: Best Selling Books of All Time
| Record Name | Language | Year Released | Rank | Author | Sales Volume | Source |
| King Solomon's Mines | English | 1885 | 23 | Henry Rider Haggard | 50 million | Wikipedia |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Praseodymium | Pr | 101 | 59 | 935 | 3127 | 6.77 | 1885 | 140.9077 | |
| Neodymium | Nd | 101 | 60 | 1010 | 3127 | 7.01 | 1885 | 144.24 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1885 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1885 | Tennis | Willie Renshaw | Herbert Lawford | 75 62 46 75 |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1885-1886 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1885-1886 | 22.31 | +7.18 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1884-1885 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1884-1885 | 9.21 | -5.92 | National Weather Service |
Database: US Presidents
| Record Name | Birth State | Religion | Political Party | Died | Country | Term Start | Term Finish | Birthdate | Date of Death | Inauguration Age | Age at Death | Number |
| Grant | OHIO | Methodist | Repubilican | Died after Office | United States | 1869 | 1877 | 4/27/1822 | 7/23/1885 | 46 | 63 | 18 |
| Arthur | VERMONT | Episcopalian | Repubilican | Died after Office | United States | 1881 | 1885 | 10/5/1829 | 11/18/1886 | 50 | 56 | 21 |
| Cleveland | NEW JERSEY | Presbyterian | Democrat | Died after Office | United States | 1885 | 1889 | 3/18/1837 | 6/24/1908 | 47 | 71 | 22 |
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