About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1885Calender converter

• Anthonij François Slijpen, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aletta van der Velde, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arend Kort, Drouwenermond, Borger († 1885)
• Adrianus van Stokkum, Rhenen († 1885)
• Achilles Joannes Antonius Vandebroeck, Hasselt, België († 1956)
• Ardina Pardoel, Benschop
• "Benedict" Joseph Marie Charles Ghislain Gillès de Pélichy, Bruges, Belgique († 1928)
• ANDREW ALBERT THATCHER, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales († 1963)
• Agnes-Joséphine Libens († 1946)
• Alexandrine Hillen, Bree († 1922)

• Cornelia van KUILENBURG (83), Deil (Geldermalsen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Berendsen (30), Oud Schoonebeek, Schoonebeek
• Christina Schmeyer (74)
• Cornelis Blok (0), unbekannt
• Aaltje Magdalena Westdijk (1), Rotterdam
• ALPHONSUS - ALOYSIUS VANNESTE (15), Bruges, 8800, Flandre occidentale, Belgique
• van der Linden (0), Zuilichem
• Catharina Akker van den (5), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Maria de Groot (0), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Kuilenburg (83), Deil

• 1876 » Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author († 1922)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)
• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)
• 1897 » Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint († 1911)
• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)

• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)

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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

The temperature on June 17, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.