About the day » Sunday January 18, 1885Calender converter

• Abraham Werner, Est en Opijnen, Nederland († 1945)
• Adam Adrianus Hendrikus Schopmeijer, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Aloysius J C ( Louis) Melchers, Schiedam († 1942)
• Aloysius Josepha Cornelis Melchers, Schiedam Zuid-Holland († 1942)
• Adriana Pieternella Mersie, Veere († 1982)
• Aloysius Joseph Cornelis Melchers, Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Cornelis Anthonius Drabbe, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Joannes Baptista Jacobs, Zichem
• Adrianus Tak, Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Aloijsius Josephus Cornelis Melchers, Schiedam

• Adriana Renetta Steketee (43), Stavenisse (Z)
• Adriana Roodvoets (52), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Roodfoets, Maartensdijk (Noord Holland Nederland)
• Anna Elisabeth Leurs (84), Kinrooi-Kessenich
• Adriana Elbertse (63), Schalkwijk, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Van Hammée (68), Mechelen, 2800, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Schilder (70), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Abraham Klok (54), Oudezijl gem. Nieuweschans
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Loenen (47), 's Gravenhage
• Antje Smit (87), Scheemda

• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)
• 1892 » Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach († 1957)
• 1892 » Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian († 1957)
• 1892 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic († 1956)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

The temperature on January 18, 1885 was about -2.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.