About the day » Wednesday October 14, 1885Calender converter

• Anna Gertruda Martens, Oploo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Catharina Johanna van der Werff, Rotterdam,- († 1948)
• Amalia Maria de Vries, Leeuwarden († 1955)
• Anna Mathilda Doumen, Maasbree
• Alphons Joseph Kleinekort, Rotterdam († 1886)
• Alberdina Adriana Spijkers, Utrecht († 1955)
• Aaltje Smit, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland († 1968)
• Alida Leendertsdr van der Rijst, Delft († 1938)
• Aiko Mein, Westerlee, Groningen, Netherlands
• Agatha Johanna Wiersma, Oldemarkt

• Aart Willemsen Versteeg (71), Elspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltie (Aaltje) Kemp (83), Oudewater
• Adrianus, Albertus, Antonius Helsloot (25), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nuijten (57), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje (Artje) van Maurik (Mourik) (70), Wadenoijen
• Adriaantje Ariesdr Punt (72), Heinenoord
• Alexander WOODCOCK (70), Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland
• Antje Jager (68), Donkerbroek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kemp (83), Oudewater, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aart Versteeg (71), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)
• 1882 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1959)
• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)
• 1888 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance († 1947)
• 1890 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States († 1969)
• 1892 » Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State († 1961)
• 1893 » Lillian Gish, American actress († 1993)
• 1894 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright († 1962)
• 1894 » Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer († 1978)
• 1897 » Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist († 1975)

• 1831 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on October 14, 1885 was about 6.9 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.