What day of the week was May 22, 1885?

The day of the week May 22nd, 1885 fell on was a Friday.

Giacomo Matteotti the Italian politician (d. 1924) was born on 22 May in 1885. As was Soemu Toyoda the Japanese admiral (d. 1957) .

Victor Hugo the French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1802) died on this day in 1885.

Prior to burial in the Panthéon the the body of Victor Hugo was exposed under the Arc de Triomphe during the night.