Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
The Cree are a North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations macro-communities. There are nume…
Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-W
The North-West Rebellion was an armed rebellion of Métis under Louis Riel and an associated uprising of Cree and Assiniboine mostly in the District of Saskatchewan, against the Can…
North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an e
The Cree are a North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations macro-communities. There are nume…
In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Polic
The Treaty of Tianjin, signed on June 9, 1885, officially ended the Sino-French War. The "unequal treaty", or colonial treaty, restated in greater detail the main provisions of the…
Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of pres
On September 18, 1885, five Chinese people in the United States were lynched by a mob outside of Pierce City in the Idaho Territory. The individuals had been arrested by a vigilanc…
Five Chinese people were lynched outside of Pierce City in the Idaho Territory of the United States.
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill was a British aristocrat and politician. He was a Tory radical who coined the term "Tory democracy" and participated in the creation of the "N…
Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It …
The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Established in 1885, it has the largest student …
The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Congo Free State (CFS), also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by…
The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the la…
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
The Football Association is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the olde…
The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football…
The Rock Springs massacre, also known as the Rock Springs riot, occurred on September 2, 1885, in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. …
Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike…
Leó Weiner was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century, and a composer.
Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (died 1960)
Karl Tarvas was an Estonian architect. Karl Tarvas graduated as an architect from Riga Polytechnic Institute in 1915.
Karl Tarvas, Estonian architect (died 1975)
Tatu Kolehmainen was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1912, he reached the finals of 10,000 m and marathon races, but failed to …
Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (died 1967)
Thomas Francis Cronan was an American athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.
Thomas Cronan, American triple jumper (died 1962)
Cornelius Edward "Con" Walsh was an Irish Canadian athlete who represented Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Carriganimma. He won a bronze medal in the hammer thro…
Con Walsh, Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (died 1961)
Eastern Rumelia was an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire with a total area of 32,978 km2 (12,733 sq mi), which was created in 1878 by virtue of the Treaty of Berlin and de …
Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
The Ethiopian Empire, historically known as Abyssinia or simply Ethiopia, was a country that encompassed the present-day territories of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It existed from the es…
Ethiopian forces under Ras Alula defeat Mahdist Sudanese forces in the battle of Kufit.
Egon Erwin Kisch was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself Der Rasende Reporter for his countless travels to the far co…
Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (died 1948)
Clément Pansaers was the main proponent of the Dada movement in Belgium.
Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet (died 1922)
Ralph Ward Stackpole was an American sculptor, painter, muralist, etcher and art educator, San Francisco's leading artist during the 1920s and 1930s. Stackpole was involved in the …
Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter (died 1973)
Elda Furry, known professionally as Hedda Hopper, was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, more than 35 million people read her co…
Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist (died 1966)
Kingsley Ogilvie Fairbridge was the founder of a child emigration scheme from Britain to its colonies as well as the Fairbridge Schools.
Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician (died 1924)