Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1885 <<Previous year    Next year>> Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 March 18, 1885 Fire destroys two blocks of Whitehall St. April 29, 1885 Famed conductor/composer Wallingford Riegger was born in Albany, Georgia. He spent almost all his life in New York.   Albany, Georgia June 9, 1885 Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman dies, Frankfurt, KY.   Emily Tubman June 24, 1885 Woodrow Wilson marries Ellen Louise Axson.   Woodrow Wilson October 15, 1885 Morris Brown College in Atlanta begins classes in a wooden structure on the corner of Boulevard and Houston Streets. December 15, 1885 Robert Augustus Toombs dies, Washington, Georgia   Wilkes County, Georgia   Robert Toombs December 18, 1885 Edith Bolling, who will marry President Woodrow Wilson after the death of his first wife, is born in Washington D. C.   Woodrow Wilson The best search in Georgia History Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
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