About the day » Saturday May 30, 1885Calender converter

• Bekker, Zuid-Scharwoude
• Albert Iemkes Roos, Terschelling-Baaiduinen († 1924)
• Alfred Ernest Ivery († 1945)
• Engeltje Fokkema, Franeker († 1964)
• Anna Adilia Mencke, Nw.Pekela († 1951)
• ?? Heemskerk, Delfshaven († 1885)
• Schramme († 1885)
• Adriaan Viergever, Noordwelle, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1905)
• ?? Gort, Rotterdam († 1885)
• Abraham Baruch, amsterdam († 1944)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth BEX (68), Herk-de-Stad (B)
• Aaltje Holtkamp (48), Meppel
• Anna (Pieters) Otten (61), Ellertsveld, Zweeloo
• Anna Fruitman (0), Amsterdam
• ?? Gort (0), Rotterdam
• Geerts Antonius (61), Merksplas, Antwerpen België
• Adriana Vesters (7), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Ariesdr de Heus (70), Rotterdam
• Adriana Krijger (1), Haamstede, Zeeland, Nederland
• (Philibert Marie) Eugène HEULHARD de MONTIGNY (79), Lormes, Nièvre (58), Bourgogne, FRANCE

• 1881 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal († 1968)
• 1882 » Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player († 1930)
• 1884 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician († 1942)
• 1885 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist († 1942)
• 1886 » Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1964)
• 1886 » Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author († 1918)
• 1887 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator († 1964)
• 1887 » Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1964)
• 1890 » Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1936)

• 1855 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)

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
• 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 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

The temperature on May 30, 1885 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.