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Austria in 1885

Historical records for Austria in 1885, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
9Events
4Named people
3Places
5Categories

Historical records

November

26 November 1885Battle of PirotFranz Josef I

Pirot · Warfare / Bulgaria War

Battle of Pirot, see-saw Battle swirling about the village of Pirot, two days later, Franz Joseph forces an armistice in the Serbian War

28 November 1885ArmisticeFranz Josef I

Pirot · Warfare / Bulgaria War

Battle of Pirot, see-saw Battle swirling about the village of Pirot, two days later, Franz Joseph forces an armistice in the Serbian War

Other Events

1885EducationSigmund Freud

Paris · Science / Psychology

Freud goes to Paris on a traveling fellowship to study with Europes most renowned neurologist, Jean Martin Charcot

1885Gas Mantle DevelopmentCarl Auer von Welsbach

Vienna · Science / Technology

Develops a rare-earth gas mantle producing intense white light.

1885Incandescent Gas LightingCarl Auer von Welsbach

Vienna · Science / Technology

Greatly improves the efficiency and brightness of gas illumination.

1885PGPGeorg von Schonerer

Politics / Pan-German Party

Founds the Pan-German Party

1885Rare Earth Element SeparationCarl Auer von Welsbach

Vienna · Science / Chemistry

Advances analytical chemistry of the difficult rare-earth elements.

1885Separation of Neodymium and PraseodymiumCarl Auer von Welsbach

Vienna · Science / Chemistry

Separates didymium into the elements neodymium and praseodymium.

1885University of ViennaSigmund Freud

Vienna · Science / Psychology

Appointed Lecturer in neuropathology at the University of Vienna

Names involved

Carl Auer von WelsbachFranz Josef IGeorg von SchonererSigmund Freud

Places involved

ParisPirotVienna

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.