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May 11, 1885Born on Tuesday May 12, 1885
- Allegonda Maria van Heeswijk, Helmond, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
- Adrien de Gramont († 1915)
- Aart Rietveld, Capelle aan den IJssel († 1956)
- Albertus Musters, Exloermond (Odoorn) († 1972)
- Adriana Dekker, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude († 1937)
- Anna Cornelia Smeulders, Gooreind (B) († 1934)
- Anna Jak, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
- Albertus Hahn, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
- Annie Rebecca Johnson, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada († 1958)
- Henri Hubert Dohmen, Melick-Herkenbosch († 1887)
Died on Tuesday May 12, 1885
- Adrianus Lepelaar (64), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
- Adrianus Reijnders (2), Fijnaart en Heiningen
- Abraham van Poppel (43), Etten-Leur
- Abraham Pietersz. van Poppel (43), Etten-Leur, Nederland
- Antje Doekes Meintema (27), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Margaretha Kelleners (64), Susteren
- Alida Marie Van Hijfte, Nederland Zeeland Sluis IJzendijke
- Abraham van Van Poppel (43), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Maria Gertrudis Barthels (76), Maastricht
- Anna Catharina Willekens (47), Retie, België
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 12, 1885 at Delpher
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- 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
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De standaard
Born on May 12
- 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)
- 1875 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library († 1960)
- 1880 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer († 1951)
- 1885 » Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist († 1969)
- 1885 » Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Japanese author († 1976)
- 1886 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot († 1937)
- 1889 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank († 1980)
- 1892 » Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director († 1970)
- 1895 » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author († 1986)
- 1895 » William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
Died on May 12
- 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
- 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
- 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
- 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
- 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
- 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
- 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
- 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
- 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
- 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
Names that were popular for boys in 1885
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1885
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Aaltje
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.
- January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
- April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
- August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
- September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
- November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
- November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
The weather on Tuesday May 12, 1885
The temperature on May 12, 1885 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI