About the day » Wednesday December 2, 1885Calender converter

• Adolphus Doyle Younger, St. James, Stone County, Arkansas († 1969)
• Adriana Isabella van Eendenburg, Wateringen († 1961)
• Agnes Josepha Maria Bernardina Kuijt, Amsterdam († 1954)
• Agnes Josepha Maria Bernardina Kuijt, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Kornelia Planken, LEERBROEK (Vijfheerenlanden), Utrecht, Nederland
• Alphonse WILS, Hoeselt (Limburg) (B)
• Aafje HOOGENDOORN, Bodegraven
• Andries Elings, Randwijk
• Anna RAAP, Schagen
• Albert Herman Hansen, Amsterdam

• arie van der LINDEN (0), oud-beijerland
• Anna Louiza Catharina Guldenberg (0), den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Vervoorn (85), IJsselstein
• "Jasper"t LUGTHART (77), Sommelsdijk
• Anna Adelheid Agten (5), Epe, 48599, Duitsland
• Anna Elisabeth Marschal (77), Stein
• Arnoldus Smits (63), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hoogewerff (79), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie in't Veld (0), Strijen
• Arie Venne (Fenne) (52), Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1876 » Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism († 1935)
• 1884 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1953)
• 1884 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author († 1958)
• 1885 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1891 » Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author († 1987)
• 1891 » Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator († 1969)
• 1894 » Warren William, American actor († 1948)
• 1895 » Harriet Cohen, English pianist († 1967)
• 1897 » Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general († 1982)
• 1897 » Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist († 1987)

• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)

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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on December 2, 1885 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.