About the day » Monday January 19, 1885Calender converter

• Amalie Platschek, Schroda, Wlkp., Poland († 1942)
• Aleidia Hillegonda Tolk, Assen († 1915)
• Anna Hendrika Jacoba Slieker, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1968)
• Alice SCHULTE, Antwerpen (Antwerpen) (B)
• Albertje Schuring († 1923)
• Adriana den Hartog, Schoonrewoerd
• Adam Adrianus Hendrikus Schopmeijer, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Aaldrik VALOM, Wehe Groningen Netherlands († 1955)
• Albertus Aalbertsen, Langbroek
• Aaltje van de Lagemaat, Leusden († 1941)

• Antje Zoetelief (52), Den Helder
• Antje Jans Keijzer (84), Wieringen
• Adriaan Antonij Maria Baselier (0), Nieuw Vossemeer (Steenbergen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Antje Zoetelief (52), Den Helder
• Adriana Cornelia de Kock (12), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Abraham Tellier (65), Amsterdam
• Adriana Cornelia de KOK (12), Aarle-Rixtel, 3265, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie van Schaick (58), Abcoude
• Adriana Kuijper (32), Scheveningen
• Antonius Christianus de Vroom (0), Sint-Michielsgestel

• 1876 » Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author († 1899)
• 1876 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna († 1943)
• 1878 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager († 1934)
• 1879 » Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author († 1925)
• 1882 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria († 1957)
• 1883 » Hermann Abendroth, German conductor († 1956)
• 1887 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic († 1943)
• 1889 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor († 1943)
• 1892 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland († 1964)
• 1893 » Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator († 1986)

• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1874 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)

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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

The temperature on January 19, 1885 was about -0.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.