1885 in Liberia

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* 1882
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* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
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Decades:|

* 1860s
* 1870s
* 1880s
* 1890s
* 1900s

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* Other events of 1885
* Timeline of Liberian history

The following lists events that happened during 1885 in Liberia.

## Incumbents

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* President: Hilary R. W. Johnson
* Vice President: James Thompson
* Chief Justice: C. L. Parsons

## Events

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### March

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* Full Date Unknown – Great Britain seizes Liberian territory west of the Mano River, and it becomes part of the Colony of Sierra Leone.[1]

### May

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* May 5 - Liberian general election, 1885

## References

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1. ^ Dunn, Elwood D.; Beyan, Amos J.; Burrowes, Carl Patrick (2000). Historical Dictionary of Liberia. p. 22.

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1885 in Africa

Sovereign states|

*   *   * Benin
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Egypt
*   *   *   * Ethiopia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Liberia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Ottoman Empire
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Zulu Kingdom

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Ascension Island
* Algeria
* Basutoland
* Bechuanaland Protectorate
*   *   * British Somaliland
* Cape Colony
*   * Congo Free State
*   *   *   *   * French Congo
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   * The Gambia
*   * German South-West Africa
*   * Gold Coast (British colony)
*   *   * Kamerun
*   *   *   * Mauritius
*   *   *   *   * Orange Free State
*   *   * Saint Helena
* Sierra Leone
*   *   * Spanish Sahara
*   * Togoland
* Tristan da Cunha
* Tunisia
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