About the day » Wednesday September 2, 1885Calender converter

• Annette Smit, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Evertse, Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus Neefjes, Zwaagdijk, Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• * Jannigje Kleijn, Streefkerk
• Adam Elsinga, Barradeel, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Hurkmans, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1891)
• Adolph Arnold Jessurun, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1940)
• Aagje de Ruiter, Oost-en West-Barendrecht († 1966)
• Albert Steen, Kibbelgaarn, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1890)
• Agnes Maria Bavelaar, Leiden

• Arie de Groot (1), Oudewater
• * Gerrit Houthoff (39), Rotterdam
• arendje STOUGIE (1), oud-beijerland
• Antonia Nicasi (80), Geel, 2440, België
• Adrianus Cornelis Verhoeven (13), Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Gerrit Snoeijenbos (3), Meppel
• Amé Joseph BEUDIN (84), Guignies,7620,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Rikkert, Gorssel
• Arnoldus Arts (0), Ottersum
• Adriana van Doeselaar (0), Axel

• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)
• 1892 » Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director († 1965)
• 1894 » Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author († 1939)
• 1897 » Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran († 1963)

• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)

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.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on September 2, 1885 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.