About the day » Saturday May 2, 1885Calender converter

• Anje Bos, Rottum, Kantens († 1938)
• Anna Lucia Rombouts, Bergeijk († 1918)
• Anna Lucia Rombouts, Bergeijk
• Andries Joseph Bulen, Diepenbeek, België († 1910)
• Andreas Ebel Winsemius, Wonseradeel, Nederland
• Albertina Hermina Kuypers, Westdongeradeel († 1955)
• Aleida Sophia ten Velde, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1973)
• Anna Westerweel, brouwershaven (z), huisnr. B 47 († 1960)
• Alijda Constantia Maria SCHILTE, Assen Drenthe Netherlands
• Anje Bos, Rottum, Kantens,, Groningen, Nederland († 1938)

• Aske Jans Nieland (63), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Jans de Haan, Ternaard
• Adriaan Filius (35), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Catharina Van de Weyer (79), Geel, België
• Aske Nieland (63), Aduard,, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Engberts van der Meulen (52), Olterterp
• Anna Maria Hendrika Wagner, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Akke Wiebes Feenstra (67), Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Filius (35), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Margaretha Bernzen (2), Meppen

• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)
• 1889 » Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1959)
• 1890 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author († 1965)
• 1892 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot († 1918)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

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.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on May 2, 1885 was about 10.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.