About the day » Thursday May 14, 1885Calender converter

• Aldert JONGENEEL, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gerritdina Maria MOS, Enschede, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1888)
• Anna Francisca Sijstermans, Merkelbeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• de Jong, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana Hendrika Kloens, Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland) († 1953)
• Anna Bertha Schneemilch, Hahndorf, South Australia († 1899)
• Agnes Adriana Juijn, Schiedam The Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia van Soelen, Geldermalsen († 1943)
• Adrianus Benedictus van Galen, Rijswijk († 1969)
• Adriana Edelman, Rotterdam

• Albertus Sonsma (0), Workum
• Abraham Oosterom (0), Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amanda Hedwig Martha Neumann (4), Naugard
• Albertus Sonsma (0), Workum
• Adriana van Rovert \ Roverts (56), IJsselstein
• Anthonetha Vissers (54), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Marie Pluijmen (68), Klimmen
• Albertus Heuvelinck (76), Gaanderen (Doetinchem)
• anna cornelia van der POEL (45), den haag
• Adriana van Rovert (56), IJsselstein

• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)
• 1885 » Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor († 1973)
• 1887 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War († 1943)
• 1888 » Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer († 1958)
• 1893 » Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright († 1952)
• 1897 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1959)

• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (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.
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

The temperature on May 14, 1885 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.