About the day » Thursday July 2, 1885Calender converter

• Anna Huiberta Carolina Hemmes, 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Emma Ellen Wolkenhauer, Addison, DuPage, IL
• Aart Iterson, Leiden († 1958)
• Aagje van Doorn, Mijdrecht († 1964)
• Aleida Geertruida van den Berg, Zwolle
• Albertus Bouwmeester, Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1895)
• Adriana Braun, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriana BRAUN, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1957)
• Aldagonda Hubertina SAVELKOULS, Berkel-Enschot (NL/NB) († 1972)
• Adriaan van Lopik, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Gertrud Gers (0), Nieuw-Dordrecht, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina MEERTEN (30), Amby (NL)
• Anna Catherina Hermans (32), Berchem
• Aaltje laven (65), Gemeente Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agatha POSTMA (1), Rauwerderhem(Friesland)
• Alida Aufdenfelde Oudenvelde (73), Zevenhuizen
• Alida Maria Heromina Vollebregt (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius van Dijk (1), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Hermans (0), Schiedam
• Luxen (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)
• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)
• 1900 » Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera († 1966)
• 1900 » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director († 1971)

• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)

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 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• 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 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.

The temperature on July 2, 1885 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.