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March 30, 1885Born on Tuesday March 31, 1885
- Aagje Muijlwijk, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Cornelia van Rooij, Goirle
- Aloijsia Catharina Rijk, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
- Ada Parham, Woolwich, Kent, England († 1962)
- Anna Leahy († 1976)
- Aaldert van Aarsen, Oldemarkt († 1956)
- Albertus Antonius Smits, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
- Aloijsia Catharina RIJK, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
- Albert Coelingh, Ten Arlo
- Benjamins, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1885)
Died on Tuesday March 31, 1885
- Anna Maria Neven (29), Wellen, België
- Annetje Bakker (88), Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Antonie Oude Weeme (53), Weerselo
- Corba (0), Leiden
- Aardina Susanna de Heus (0), Culemborg (GL)
- Anna Cornelia Brekelmans (58), Udenhout, Nederland
- Adriaantje Jacoba Hordijk (3), Pernis
- Antje Visser (78), Brielle
- Egbert Lijster (1), Alteveer
- Alegonda Edonia van Hasselt (3), (GR) Groningen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 31, 1885 at Delpher
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
- De standaard
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
Born on March 31
- 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)
- 1878 » Jack Johnson, American boxer († 1946)
- 1884 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1946)
- 1885 » Pascin, Sephardi Jewish Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator († 1930)
- 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)
- 1890 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
- 1891 » Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director († 1976)
- 1893 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager († 1954)
- 1893 » Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian († 1982)
- 1895 » Vardis Fisher, American author and academic († 1968)
Died on March 31
- 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
- 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
- 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
- 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
- 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
- 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
- 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
- 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
- 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
- 1917 » Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
Names that were popular for boys in 1885
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Hendrikus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1885
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Jacoba
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Geertruida
- Antje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1885
- 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 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
- March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
- March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
- May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
- July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
- September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
Weather March 31, 1885
The temperature on March 31, 1885 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.