About the day » Sunday November 29, 1885Calender converter

• Albert Jan SCHOLTEN, Steenderen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1978)
• Groeneveld, Ambarawa, Java, Indonesië
• Albert Jan Scholten, Steenderen († 1978)
• Allegonda Maria van Hoek, Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Adriana Maria Schimmel, Orange Valley, California, Verenigde Staten († 1886)
• Adriana Maria van Aken, Hedel († 1945)
• Albert Schimmel († 1960)
• Aimé Joseph Felix Charles Cloet, Ardooie
• Albert Schuitema, Middelstum, Nederland († 1908)
• Alfonsius Jozef DHONDT, Gent, Province of East Flanders, Belgium

• Anna Catharina Luijten (62), Dessel (België)
• Catharina van Warmerdam (55), Amsterdam
• Arie van der Plas (0), Katwijk
• Aleida Louisa Demmers (44), Deventer
• Anthonie Theodorus (Antonij Theodorus) Aukes (61), Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland
• Johanna Van de Ven, Nuland
• Anna Catharina Kellerman (81), Deurningen (Weerselo), Overijssel, Nederland
• "Henri" Marie Colette de Kerchove (75), Gand, Belgique
• Camiel Sonck (1), Erembodegem, België
• Bendina Lucassen (64), Bemmel (Lingewaard) (GL)

• 1876 » Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming († 1977)
• 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)
• 1879 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer († 1963)
• 1881 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence († 1957)
• 1881 » Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general († 1944)
• 1882 » Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer († 1984)
• 1888 » Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain († 1917)
• 1891 » Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria († 1964)
• 1895 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer († 1976)
• 1895 » William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia († 1971)

• 1846 » Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 » Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1939 » Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)

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.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on November 29, 1885 was about 11.2 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.