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Gregorian calendar 1885
MDCCCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita 2638
Armenian calendar 1334
ԹՎ ՌՅԼԴ
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Bahá'í calendar 41–42
Balinese saka calendar 1806–1807
Bengali calendar 1292
Berber calendar 2835
British Regnal year 48  Vict. 1  – 49  Vict. 1
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Chinese calendar 甲申年 (Wood  Monkey)
4581 or 4521
    — to —
乙酉年 (Wood  Rooster)
4582 or 4522
Coptic calendar 1601–1602
Discordian calendar 3051
Ethiopian calendar 1877–1878
Hebrew calendar 5645–5646
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 - Vikram Samvat 1941–1942
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(明治１８年)
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Minguo calendar 27 before ROC
民前27年
Nanakshahi calendar 417
Thai solar calendar 2427–2428
Tibetan calendar 阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
2011 or 1630 or 858
    — to —
阴木鸡年
(female Wood-Rooster)
2012 or 1631 or 859

1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar  and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1885th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 885th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1885, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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The Reitwagen (riding car), the first internal combustion motorcycle (1885)

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The Benz Patent-Motorwagen, built in 1885

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Carl Spitzweg

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