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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