About the day » Thursday April 16, 1885Calender converter

• Aalt van Meulen, Elspeet
• Edwin Chalsma, La Crosse Wisconsin († 1951)
• Alida Johanna Don, Vlaardingen
• Albertus Schimmel, Doetinchem, Stad († 1971)
• Afke Jelmers Zijlstra, Marssum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1910)
• Andries van IJperen, Delft
• Angelina Augusta de Moraes, São Roque, São Paulo, Brasil († 1985)
• Alice Amaral, Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Abraham Speelman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Zeeman, Sint Maartensbrug, Nederland († 1952)

• Antje Van Klingeren [1] (36), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianna Karolina Dijkhoff (57), Aruba
• anke lammerts posthuma (60), aduard
• Alexander Voûte (76), Velp
• Anna Elisabeth Wilms (34), Sittard
• Albert Figelant (48), Achterom, Hoogeveen
• Schokker (0), Weststellingwerf, Nederland
• Aartje Maatkamp (29), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van Klingeren (36), Amsterdam
• Abraham Cornelis Abrahamse (0), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL

• 1882 » Seth Bingham, American organist and composer († 1972)
• 1884 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician († 1963)
• 1885 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator († 1960)
• 1886 » Ernst Thälmann, German politician († 1944)
• 1886 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower († 1957)
• 1888 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1889 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 1977)
• 1890 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire († 1954)
• 1890 » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator († 1979)
• 1891 » Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator († 1980)

• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)

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.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• 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.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on April 16, 1885 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 33%.