About the day » Friday September 4, 1885Calender converter

• Aaltje Hakker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriaantje Touw, Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Eduard Scholl († 1963)
• Antje NORDER, Nieuwe Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Kleijn, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1921)
• Alnetta Maria van Wijngaarden, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1956)
• Albertus Hendrikus Steehouwer, Rotterdam († 1885)
• Adriana Claassen, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaan Jong de, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1886)
• Albertus Hendrikus Steehouwer, Rotterdam († 1885)

• Aleida Stoker (83), Maten,Emmen
• Aaltje Jans Althuis (89), Dronrijp
• Anna Maria van der Jagt (71), Well, Bergen
• Cornelis Maarten Zwakman (1), Schoorl
• Clasina van Meeteren (0), Tiel
• David Johannes KWAK (0), Dordrecht
• Berendina te Poel (67), Silvolde
• Aafke Minnes Buwalda (51), Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Stoppelenburg (13), Moordrecht, Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Althaetta Narcissa Evitts (36), Illinois, United States

• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)
• 1886 » Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army († 1967)
• 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
• 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
• 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)

• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)

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 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• 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 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on September 4, 1885 was about 13.4 °C. There was 20 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.