What Happened In December 1885 - Historical Events 1885 December

Historical Events for December, 1885

1st » First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas.
22nd » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
28th » Indian National Congress, a political party of India is founded in Mumbai e.g Bombay, Presidencies and provinces of British India known as British India.

2nd » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
7th » Mason Phelps, American golfer (d. 1945)
7th » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (d. 1919)
10th » Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)
11th » Carlo Wieth, Danish actor (d. 1943)
15th » Leonid Pitamic, Slovenia lawyer, philosopher and academic (d. 1971)
21st » Frank Patrick (ice hockey) known as Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
22nd » Abe Manley, American businessman (d. 1952)
22nd » Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic (d. 1966)
23rd » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (d. 1964)
29th » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)
31st » Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)

8th » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)