About the day » Tuesday January 6, 1885Calender converter

• Alida Johanna Zaalberg, Haarlemmermeer († 1926)
• Alousius Antonius van Overloop, Koewacht
• Albert Hendrik Nijenhuis, Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1918)
• aartje BARENDREGT, numansdorp († 1956)
• Aart van Laar, Ruwiel, Nederland
• Aart Laar, Ruwiel
• Amanda Dorthea Miller, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States († 1959)
• Agatha Johanna Cornelia van der Vlis, Utrecht († 1957)
• Nn Ludolphi, Wagenborgen (Termunten) († 1885)
• ----- Florus, Chaam

• Amynthe "Félicie" de Guy de Ferrières (56), Montpellier, Hérault, France
• Anna Elisabeth Willenborg (68), Amsterdam
• Anna Hubertina Wijnands (1), Maastricht
• Anna Elisabeth ERNA (68), Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• Andrieske Horjus (1), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Oerlemans (0), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Sherry (2), Avonhead, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Annigje de Weerd (1), Schiedam {ZH}
• Aart van der van der Waal (0), Ridderkerk
• Abele Jans van der Harst (2), Siegerswoude, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1872 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer († 1915)
• 1874 » Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer († 1948)
• 1878 » Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina († 1970)
• 1878 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian († 1967)
• 1880 » Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor († 1940)
• 1881 » Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic († 1944)
• 1882 » Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania († 1965)
• 1882 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1961)
• 1883 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher († 1931)
• 1898 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot († 1965)

• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
• 1855 » Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)

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.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on January 6, 1885 was about 1.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.