About the day » Saturday June 20, 1885Calender converter

• Adrianus van Opzeeland, Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Albertus Aloijsius Muckkelmann, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes Spiegels, Deil, Geldermalsen († 1916)
• Andries Goedendorp, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Klos, Zegwaart
• Anje Smit, Oostwold, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes van den Bosch, Vught († 1965)
• * Maaike Reedijk, 's Gravendeel († 1961)
• Aaltje Feikes Vogel, Barradeel
• Adriaan Cornelis Durieux, Katwijk († 1972)

• Allegonda Krol (76), Oss
• Andries Maurits Blok (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Harmens van der MEULEN (81), Zevenhuizen (Leek)
• Adrianus Krijnen (80), Klundert, Noord Brabant., Nederland
• Adriana Frederika Elisabeth Tenthoff (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Almon Blake (57)
• Aalbertje de Wit (64), Buren
• Arie van den Broek (0), linschoten
• Anthonia Francisca Wennekers (18), Leiden
• Abraham van Tergouw (55), Jutphaas, Utrecht, NL

• 1882 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer († 1937)
• 1884 » Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1970)
• 1884 » Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author († 1974)
• 1885 » Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic († 1927)
• 1887 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator († 1948)
• 1889 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1891 » Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano († 1951)
• 1891 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland († 1976)
• 1893 » Wilhelm Zaisser, German soldier and politician († 1958)
• 1894 » Lloyd Hall, American chemist and academic († 1971)

• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)

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.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on June 20, 1885 was about 17.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.