About the day » Saturday January 3, 1885Calender converter

• Alberta Verhoeven, Aarle-Rixtel († 1936)
• Adrianus de Wit, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 1961)
• Afina Eltjedina Koerts, Delfzijl († 1946)
• Anna Cornelia van Iersel, Geldrop († 1955)
• Anna Maria van der Peet-, Den Helder, Nederland († 1885)
• Albert Jeppes Dijkstra, Oosterbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• anna maria van der Peet, den helder († 1885)
• Albert Jan Frans Weijgers, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1947)
• Anthonie Verwoert, Andelst († 1915)
• Aalbert Aalbers, Driel, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1955)

• Adriana Klop (0), VLAARDINGEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphons Van Elsbergen (10), Grieth, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Abraham Treur (0), Leimuiden, Nederland
• Anna Maria Muller (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltjen Spijker (67), Dalfsen
• Angelica Maria Magdalena Bernardina Baerken (66), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ANNE MARIE ELISABETH WILS (66), Merksem
• Verrips (0), Culemborg (GL)
• Aalt van de Blankevoort (66), Apeldoorn (Gld) Nederland
• Aaltje Nienhuis (2), Drouwenermond, Borger

• 1877 » Josephine Hull, American actress († 1957)
• 1880 » Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer († 1960)
• 1883 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1967)
• 1883 » Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower († 1963)
• 1884 » Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer († 1948)
• 1885 » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman († 1912)
• 1886 » Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1886 » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » August Macke, German-French painter († 1914)
• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• 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.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.

The temperature on January 3, 1885 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.