About the day » Monday December 28, 1885Calender converter

• Anna Maria Habets, Klimmen, Voerendaal († 1954)
• Aaltje Weltevreden, Almelo, Stad († 1887)
• Aaltje Everts ten Napel, Ambt Vollenhove († 1968)
• Alle Tepper, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• (Stillborn) ROEST, Schoterland Friesland Netherlands († 1885)
• Alexander Gijsbert VAN HUFFELEN, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Adrianus Cornelis Streefland, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Jacoba van der Hulst, Hillegom, ZUI, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Vroom, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abel Popma, Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1968)

• Annigje Moes (0), Gieten, Drenthe, Netherlands(Bonnen)
• , 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Martelhoff SCHERPENHUIJSEN (59), Haarlem
• Anna Maria Overgaauw (82), Utrecht
• Annigje Moes (0), Gieten
• Adriaantje Langelaan (70), Den Haag,-
• Aletta Blüemink (7), Harmelen
• Anna Maria Overgauw (82), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Allegonda Brasseler (44), rotterdam
• Arie Hoorweg (0), Vlaardingen

• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)
• 1898 » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic († 1957)
• 1898 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1902 » Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author († 2001)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
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 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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• 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 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

The temperature on December 28, 1885 was about 3.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.