About the day » Wednesday January 7, 1885Calender converter

• Afke Harmens Liemburg, Kortezwaag (Friesland) († 1968)
• Sier, Edam-Volendam († 1885)
• van Eck, Rijswijk (Maurik) (GL) († 1885)
• Johannes Hendrikus de Bont, Oosterhout († 1945)
• Adriana Cornelia Koppenol, Rotterdam
• Albertus (kind) Voortman, Riele († 1885)
• Aaltje Hogenberg, Opsterland († 1889)
• Goossen, Veendam († 1885)
• Albert KORVING, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1916)
• Aaltjen Slijkhuis, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1950)

• Goossen (0), Veendam
• Aafje (Aagje) Pover (75), Alkmaar
• Abel Birdseye DeForest (89), Madison County, New York
• Wolters, Montfort
• Adriana Antonia van Meel (0), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Ligtvoet (62), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lindeman, Hillegersberg
• Aaltje de Wit (65), Nieuwendam
• Annechien van Rossum (0), Gasselte
• "Paul" Ernest Charles Marie Idesbalde Rotsart de Hertaing (49), Saint-Dié, Vosges, France

• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)
• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)
• 1899 » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)

• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)

• 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on January 7, 1885 was about 0.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.