Editing 1885 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July]] &ndash; Japan Brewery, predecessor of [[Kirin Company|Kirin Holdings]] is founded in [[Yokohama]], Japan.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Louis Pasteur]] and [[Émile Roux]] successfully test their [[rabies vaccine]]. The patient is [[Joseph Meister]], a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Sarah E. Goode]] is the first African-American woman to apply for and receive a [[patent]], for the invention of the hideaway bed.
* [[July 15]] &ndash; The Reservation at [[Niagara Falls]] opens, enabling access to all for free. [[Thomas Vincent Welch|Thomas V. Welch]] is the first Superintendent of the Park.
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[BHP|BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary)]], a worldwide [[mining]] and [[natural gas]] producer is founded in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Silverton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6088837 |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |date=30 July 1885 |location=Melbourne, Vic. |page=10}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[The Football Association]] recognises professional players in England.
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Louis Riel]]'s trial for [[treason]] begins in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]].
* [[August 19]] &ndash; ''[[S Andromedae]]'', the only supernova seen in the [[Andromeda Galaxy]] so far by astronomers, and the first ever noted outside the [[Milky Way]], is discovered.
[[File:ZweiRadMuseumNSU Reitwagen.JPG|250px|right|thumb|The ''[[Daimler Reitwagen|Reitwagen]]'' (riding car), the first internal combustion motorcycle (1885)]]
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Gottlieb Daimler]] is granted a German patent for the [[Daimler Reitwagen]], regarded as the first [[motorcycle]], which he has produced with [[Wilhelm Maybach]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Classic motorcycles|first=Mark|last=Gardiner|publisher=MetroBooks|year=1997|isbn=1-56799-460-1|page=16}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] &ndash; The [[Rock Springs massacre]] occurs in [[Rock Springs, Wyoming]]; 150 white miners attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Eastern Rumelia]] declares its union with Bulgaria, completing the unification of Bulgaria.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Saint Thomas Academy]] is founded in [[Minnesota]].
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[Arbroath FC]] defeats [[Bon Accord FC]], [[Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord|36-0, in the highest score ever in professional football]].
* [[September 15]] &ndash; A train wreck of the [[P. T. Barnum]] Circus kills giant elephant [[Jumbo]], at [[St. Thomas, Ontario]].
* [[September 18]] &ndash; The union of [[Eastern Rumelia]] with [[Bulgaria]] is proclaimed at [[Plovdiv]].
* [[September 30]] &ndash; A British force abolishes the [[Boer]] republic of [[Stellaland]], and adds it to [[British Bechuanaland]].