About the day » Wednesday September 23, 1885Calender converter

• Adriana Teeuw, Giessendam
• Vedder, Barger-Oosterveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1885)
• Alfred Steenis (X), Ottignies (B) († 1966)
• Adriana Crezee, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Kulk, 's-Gravenhage († 1980)
• Anna Christina Cornelia Marting, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius de Rooij, Tilburg († 1954)
• Adrianus Johannes Marinus Smit, Rotterdam († 1886)
• Aaltjen Bresser, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 1939)
• Albert Bakker, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• Anne Marie Élisabeth PIROTTE (61), STAVELOT (Coo), Liège, Belgique
• Adrianus Matheus de Wolf (0), Oosterhout
• Carolina Amsen (7), Amsterdam
• Antonia Henrica SCHERMER (78), Beverwijk, 4482, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Vedder (0), Barger-Oosterveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Archibald Cary (79), Cumberland, Ky
• Alida Veenboer (70), Castricum, Nederland
• Bartus STRATING (51), Zuidlaren, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Pieter van der Bent (0), Lisse
• Antonia Henrica Schermer (78), Beverwijk

• 1876 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar († 1968)
• 1880 » John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1889 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic († 1974)
• 1890 » Friedrich Paulus, German general († 1957)
• 1895 » Johnny Mokan, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1895 » Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer († 1975)
• 1897 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter († 1994)
• 1897 » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1898 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician († 1977)
• 1899 » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States († 1977)

• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

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.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

The temperature on September 23, 1885 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.