360What happened in 1885?
6 moments from 1885 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 6 July 1885
Pasteur's rabies vaccine saves a boy's life
On 6 July 1885, the French scientist Louis Pasteur began treating nine-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been badly bitten by a rabid dog, with an experimental vaccine. The boy survived, though rabies was almost always fatal. The success made Pasteur world-famous and led to the founding of the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1887.
- On this day · 20 January 1885
A patent for the roller coaster
On 20 January 1885, the American inventor LaMarcus Thompson received a patent for a 'roller coasting structure'. His Switchback Railway at Coney Island in New York, opened in 1884, carried riders at about 10 km/h. Roller coasters became one of the world's favourite fairground rides.
- On this day · 6 July 1885
Louis Pasteur saves a boy with a rabies vaccine
On 6 July 1885, the French scientist Louis Pasteur began treating nine-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by a rabid dog, with an experimental vaccine. The boy survived. Rabies had been almost always fatal. The success made Pasteur famous and led to the Pasteur Institute.
- 1885 · from Karl Benz patents the first practical motor car
Benz completes his first Motorwagen
- 6 July 1885 · from Pasteur's rabies vaccine saves a boy's life
Joseph Meister is treated
- 1885 · from The 1880s: the motor car, time zones and the Eiffel Tower
Pasteur's rabies vaccine