In 1885, Lloyd Neck, which was then part of the Town of Oyster Bay and had earlier been known as Queens Village, seceded from Queens County and became part of the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County.

* Suffolk Historic Newspapers — Online Archives, The Corrector ( 1822 – 1911 ) and The Sag Harbor Express ( 1885 – 1898 )

The second folk revival led to the discovery of many East Anglian folk musicians, including Suffolk melodeon player Oscar Woods, Norfolk singers Sam Larner ( 1878 – 1965 ), Harry Cox ( 1885 – 1971 ) and Walter Pardon ( 1914 – 96 ); Suffolk fiddler Harkie Nesling ( 1890 – 1978 ); Suffolk singer and bargeman Bob Roberts ( 1907 – 82 ), many of whom recorded for Topic Records.

Guinness had already been created a baronet, of Castle Knock in the County of Dublin, in 1885, Baron Iveagh, of Iveagh in the County of Down, in 1891, Viscount Iveagh, of Iveagh in the County of Down, in 1905, and was made Viscount Elveden, of Elveden in the County of Suffolk, at the same time he was given the earldom.

In 1885, known then as Lloyd Neck, it seceded from Queens County and became part of the town of Huntington in Suffolk County.

The club were founder members of the Suffolk County Football Association in 1885.

The Kings Park Psychiatric Center was established in 1885 by Kings County in nearby Suffolk County, adjoining the " Society of St. Johnland " established by William Augustus Muhlenberg, prior to the merger of Kings County with Queens County, New York County, Richmond County, and the Bronx County, to form the modern New York City.

In the 1885 redistribution this constituency bordered Mid Norfolk to the west, the borough constituency of Norwich and East Norfolk to the north, the borough of Great Yarmouth and the Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft to the east and another Suffolk division Eye to the south.

* Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad: built 1885 to 1902 from Suffolk, Virginia south to Edenton and from Beckford Junction ( on the Suffolk-Edenton section ) to Elizabeth City ; originally built as the Suffolk and Carolina Railway and renamed in 1906 ).

On 11 December 1885, after a speech by Lord Aberdeen, Lady Aberdeen unveiled a bronze statue and plaque of Alexander Selkirk outside a house on the site of Selkirk's original home on the Main Street of Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland.

) between Union Square ( 14th Street ) and Times Square ( 42nd Street ), the Ninth Avenue Railroad's Ninth and Amsterdam Avenues Line ( 1884 ) between 65th Street and 71st Street, the Forty-second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railway's Broadway Branch Line ( 1885?

* Los Angeles, California ( 1885 – 1889 ) Second Street Cable Railway, ( 1886-1902 ) Temple Street Cable Railway, ( 1889-1896 ) Los Angeles Cable Railway

The first cable tram line opened on 11 November 1885, running from Bourke Street to Hawthorn Bridge, along Spencer Street, Flinders Street, Wellington Parade and Bridge Road, with the last line opening on 27 October 1891.

In 1885 a governor, H E Chetwynd Stapleton, bought a plot of land behind the Jesus Hospital, a building in Wood Street dating back to 1679 ; today the Stapylton field stands in front of the main School building and is used for rugby and cricket.

The post road followed ( present day ) Village Street through Millis ( part of Medway until 1885 ).

However, in 1885, the brothers were persuaded to join the temperance movement, and hence poured their entire stock into the gutters of the High Street.

On January 13, 1885, he walked about three-quarters of a mile in minus 30 ˚ F weather from the Front Street depot to the Omaha depot in Mankato, Minnesota.

The High Street is dominated by Walthamstow Market, which began in 1885, and occupies all but the last 100 metres of the street.

Charles Wetherell became active in civic affairs and built the first church and school in 1885 on the corner of Michigan ( now 6th Street ) and Daytona Avenue.

Located at 312 North High Street in downtown California, the opera house / theatre was built in 1885.

Mr. Stephen W. Outterbridge ( Born January 23, 1825-Died January 28, 1915 ) taught at the masonic hall from 1885 until 1896 and at his private school located beside his home on Outerbridge Street until 1900.

The present-day Chelmsford railway station dates from around 1885 and is in the city centre and around 14, 000 commuters travel to London Liverpool Street daily by rail, making Chelmsford one of the busiest non-terminus stations outside London.

As far back as 1885, the then Engineer-in-Chief for the Southern Division Railways arranged for the trial rail survey being done in South Brisbane to be extended across the river to the main western line near Countess Street.

In 1885, a new court house was erected in Market Street.

In 1885 The Sun constructed a building for its Washington Bureau at 1317 F Street, NW.

He then moved to Dowling Plunkett Street Public School in 1878 where he remained until 1885.

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

The man was King Leopold 2, of the Belgians, who in 1885 concluded that he had better grab a colony while the grabbing was still good.

Allan Dwan ( April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981 ) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.

Alfonso XII ( born Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo ) ( Madrid, 28 November 1857 – El Pardo, 25 November 1885 ) was King of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d ' état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.

The credit for detecting its value belongs to Gaston Paris, although his edition ( 1897 ) was partially anticipated by the editors of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, who published some selections in the twenty-seventh volume of their Scriptores ( 1885 ).

After several applications, his enrollment in the École des Beaux-Arts was accepted in 1885, and he studied there under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel.

Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935 ) was an Austrian composer.

Prior to burial in the Panthéon, the body of Victor Hugo was exposed under the Arc during the night of 22 May 1885.

In 1885, at the moment when the Amir was in conference with the British viceroy, Lord Dufferin, in India, the news came of a skirmish between Russian and Afghan troops at Panjdeh, over a disputed point in the demarcation of the northwestern frontier of Afghanistan.

Aberdare, during its boom years, was considered a centre of Welsh culture: it hosted the first National Eisteddfod in 1861, again in 1885, and in 1956 at Aberdare Park where the Gorsedd standing stones still exist.

Since 1885, when the Duke of Montrose constructed a road over the eastern shoulder of Craigmore to join the older road at the entrance of the Trossachs pass, Aberfoyle has become the alternative route to the Trossachs and Loch Katrine ; this road, known as the Duke's Road or Duke's Pass, was opened to the public in 1931 when the Forestry Commission acquired the land.

* 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

Accrington was first represented nationally after the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 after the 1885 general election by Accrington ( UK Parliament constituency ).

Only several years after its liberation ( 1878 ), Bulgaria became a regional military power and was involved in several major wars – Serbo-Bulgarian War ( 1885 ), First Balkan War ( 1912 – 13 ), Second Balkan War ( 1913 ), First World War ( 1915 – 1918 ) and Second World War ( 1941 – 1944 ), during which the Army gained significant combat experience.

It was a result of the unification with Eastern Rumelia, which happened on 6 September 1885.

The first professional black baseball club, the Cuban Giants, was organized in 1885.

The basic shape and configuration of a typical upright bicycle has changed little since the first chain-driven model was developed around 1885.

In the first election after the Act was passed ( 1885 ), thirteen were elected, up from two in 1874.

In 1885 the Broadway commercial district was overrun with telephone, telegraph, and electrical lines.

In 1998, Pensacola Christian College produced a widely distributed videotape, arguing that this " leaven of fundamentalism " was passed from the 19th-century Princeton theologian Benjamin B. Warfield ( 1851 – 1921 ) to Charles Brokenshire ( 1885 – 1954 ), who served BJU as Dean of the School of Religion, and then to current BJU faculty members and graduates.

The vital meeting was held at the Royal Hotel on 1 August 1885, W M C Hickson served as the chairman, and other notables in attendance included all the big sugar mill owners of that time, W G Farquhar, F L Nott, S McDougall, T Penny, S H Bravo and A H Young, all to become the first directors of the Company.

Although the name Chordata is often attributed to William Bateson ( 1885 ), it was already in common use in by 1880.