About the day » Friday March 20, 1885Calender converter

• Albertus Kruiver, Koog aan De Zaan, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Antonius van Alphen, Alphen en Riel († 1942)
• Alfred Theophilus Sheward, Tipton, Staffordshire, England († 1965)
• Adrianus Petrus van Iersel, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Aaltje Gerbens Poortinga, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• Alida Margaretha Taentzer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alida Vissenberg, Oud-en Nieuw Gastel († 1949)
• Adriana Van De REE, Puttershoek († 1885)
• Albertus Kruiver, Koog aan de Zaan
• Albertus Johannes Koeman, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aagje Boots (7), Berkhout
• Anna Maria Smulders (85), Someren
• Albert (Jan) Heldoorn (82), Wilsum, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anje Knol (55), Breede, Warffum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Boots (7), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Abraham FLICKINGER (80), Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
• Albert Karstes Krol (75), Weststellingwerf, Steggerda
• Adriana Antonia Janssen (4), Rotterdam
• Aart Mandersloot (83), Achterberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus TAX (80), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
• 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
• 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
• 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)
• 1884 » John Jensen, Australian public servant († 1970)
• 1884 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1966)
• 1885 » Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer († 1958)
• 1888 » Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator († 1971)
• 1890 » Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor († 1973)
• 1894 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter († 1974)

• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)

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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

The temperature on March 20, 1885 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.