1885
Late Victorian era
1885 is the year following 1884 and preceding 1886.
Like other year numbers, it functions as a noun identifying a specific point in time: The building was constructed in 1885.
Years serve as temporal markers in dates, historical references, and vintage designations: an 1885 Bordeaux.
Prolific American inventor
- lightbulbElectric illumination source
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- telephoneVoice communication device
Bell · Benz · automobile · Daimler · motorcycle · typewriter · Kodak · camera
Art movement emphasizing light
- MonetFrench Impressionist surname
- RenoirFrench Impressionist master
- TwainArchaic word for two
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
Tolstoy · Wagner · Mikado · Wilde · Brahms · Verne · opera · symphony
Industrial production facility
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
railroads · coal · mining · steam-engine · mechanization · textiles · mass-production · laborers
Boned waist-shaping undergarment
- bustleEnergetic noisy activity
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- gentilityRefined social standing
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
modesty · decency · prudery · parlor · gaslight · hansom · crinoline · drawing-room
Cease resistance, yield
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
- RockefellerIndustrial dynasty surname
- ClevelandNortheast Ohio metropolis
- GroverA traditional male name
Domain under unified control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- expansionismPolicy of territorial growth
- scrambleMix into disorder
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
protectorate · dominion · missionary · annexation · exploitation · Congo · India · Africa
Edison
Prolific American inventor
- lightbulbElectric illumination source
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
telephone · Bell · Benz · automobile · Daimler · motorcycle · typewriter · Kodak · camera · Tesla
Impressionism
Art movement emphasizing light
Dostoevsky · Tolstoy · Wagner · Mikado · Wilde · Brahms · Verne · opera · symphony · Realism
factory
Industrial production facility
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
locomotives · railroads · coal · mining · steam-engine · mechanization · textiles · mass-production · laborers · workforce
corset
Boned waist-shaping undergarment
propriety · modesty · decency · prudery · parlor · gaslight · hansom · crinoline · drawing-room · chaperone
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
- RockefellerIndustrial dynasty surname
- ClevelandNortheast Ohio metropolis
empire
Domain under unified control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- expansionismPolicy of territorial growth
- scrambleMix into disorder
partition · protectorate · dominion · missionary · annexation · exploitation · Congo · India · Africa · Raj
- Back to the FutureDeLorean, Doc Brown, Marty McFly, flux capacitor, time machine