22 May 1885Death of Victor HugoVictor Hugo
Death of Victor Hugo
Historical records for France in 1885, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Death of Victor Hugo
Begins successful rabies vaccination of Joseph Meister after dog bites.
Establishes practical post-exposure prevention for a previously fatal disease.
Elected Deputy to the French Parliament
Appointed Minister of Finance
The legislature refuses to vote money to support the struggle in Indochina
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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.