About the day » Thursday February 5, 1885Calender converter

• Agatha Bertha GOEDKEN, Petersburg,Iowa († 1931)
• Adriana Cornelia van der Veeren, Halsteren (NL) († 1962)
• Albert Martinus, De Wijk, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alphonsius Willems, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1961)
• Adrianus Cornelus Loos, Bergeijk
• Alexander Josephus Reggers, Maastricht († 1943)
• Anna de Geus, Nrd-Scharwoude († 1942)
• Albert Alberts Martinus, De Wijk
• Adriana Maria Bakx, Oosterhout († 1898)
• Alexander Josephus Reggers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• Alphonsus Maria SEGERS (9), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Ari Schilperoort (82), Delft
• Arend Hendrik Strohé (0), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anthon van Capelle (56), Arnhem, GLD, NL
• Anna Elise Schütte (59)
• Ari Schilperoort (82), Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Gesina Wolken (64), Hesepertwist, Duitsland
• Alberdina Veltman (41), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alphonsus van Pelt, Berkel-Enschot
• Antonie van Herwijnen (1), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Wilhelmina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Jacoba
13. Grietje
14. Trijntje
15. Geertruida
16. Antje

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

The temperature on February 5, 1885 was about 3.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.