1885 in SpainEvents in the year 1885 in Spain.IncumbentsMonarch: Alfonso XII Prime Minister: Antonio Canovas del Castillo, Praxedes Mateo SagastaEventsMarch 7 - founding of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of MadridBirthsJuly 5 - Blas InfanteDeathsNovember 25 - Alfonso XII