31 notable events from 1885 — wars, genocides and crises.
- Atrocities in the Congo Free State
1885–1908 · DR Congo · Genocide & ethnic violence
- North-West Rebellion
Mar 26, 1885–Jun 3, 1885 · Canada · War & armed conflict
- Taxil hoax
1885–1897 · Scandal & controversy
- Rock Springs massacre
Sep 2, 1885 · United States · Massacre
- Battle of Batoche
May 9, 1885–May 12, 1885 · Canada · War & armed conflict
- Tristan da Cunha lifeboat disaster
Nov 27, 1885 · Saint Helena · Maritime disaster
- Panjdeh incident
Feb 1885–Mar 30, 1885 · Turkmenistan · War & armed conflict
- Bulgarian Crisis (1885–1888)
Sep 18, 1885 · North Macedonia · Crisis
- Prussian deportations
1885–1890 · Germany · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Panama crisis of 1885
Apr 30, 1885 · Panama · Crisis
- Port Hamilton incident
Mar 1, 1885–Feb 5, 1887 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Trial of Louis Riel
Jul 1, 1885 · Canada · Crime & justice
- Tonkin Affair
Mar 1885 · France · Scandal & controversy
- Frog Lake Massacre
Apr 2, 1885 · Canada · Massacre
- Cần Vương movement
Jul 2, 1885 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Carolines Question
Dec 17, 1885 · Micronesia · Crisis
- Martha Needle
Jan 1, 1885–Jan 1, 1894 · Murder & homicide
- Osaka Incident
1885 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Tacoma riot of 1885
Nov 3, 1885 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Huaraz Rebellion
Mar 1, 1885–Sep 28, 1887 · Peru · War & armed conflict
- 1885 Dynamite explosion
Sep 4, 1885 · Canada · Bombing & explosion
- 1885 Chinese expulsion from Eureka
Feb 7, 1885 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1885 Pierce City lynching
Sep 18, 1885 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1885 Yodo River floods
1885 · Natural disaster
- 1885 Kashmir earthquake
May 30, 1885 · India · Earthquake
- Jambi uprising
1885 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Salt Clay Creek railway disaster
Jan 25, 1885 · Australia · Rail accident
- 1885 Bengal earthquake
Jul 14, 1885 · Bangladesh · Earthquake
- Murder of Eugène van Oppen
Apr 9, 1885 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- 1885 Belovodoskoe earthquake
Aug 2, 1885 · Kyrgyzstan · Earthquake
- 1885 Cabery fire
May 3, 1885 · United States · Fire