What Happened In February 1885 - Historical Events 1885 February

Historical Events for February, 1885

5th » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State called Congo as a personal possession.
8th » The first government-approved Japanese in Hawaii called Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
18th » The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
21st » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
23rd » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
28th » The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)

5th » Burton Downing, American cyclist (d. 1929)
7th » Sinclair Lewis, American author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
7th » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
9th » Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
12th » Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded 'Der Stürmer' (d. 1946)
13th » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 35th First Lady of the United States (d. 1982)
14th » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian-Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949)
17th » Steve Evans (baseball) known as Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
21st » Sacha Guitry, Russian playwright (d. 1957)
24th » Charles Daniels (swimmer) known as Charles Daniels, American swimmer (d. 1973)
24th » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
24th » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
25th » Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969)
25th » Sylvia Brett, English wife of Charles Vyner Brooke (d. 1971)
26th » Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (d. 1969)