About the day » Monday October 26, 1885Calender converter

• Anna Helena Abel, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1982)
• Andries Verhaar, Nw-Lekkerland
• Allegonda van den Biggelaar, Vessem
• Albert Wildeboer, Assen († 1914)
• Alida den Oudsten, Jaarsveld
• Amelie Catherine Radoes, Sint-Truiden, België
• Anna Maria Cornelia Dobbe, Stompwijk
• Anna Maria Cornelia Dobbe, Stompwijk († 1964)
• Aaltje Westerink, Elburg († 1886)
• Anna Helena (Johann Bernhard Albert Wehkamp) Abel, Nieuw Schonebeek, Niederlande († 1982)

• Adrianus Theodorus Zijp (0), Den Helder
• Anna Catharina Keijmis (0), Rotem, Dilsen-Stokkem, Maaseik (B)
• Adriana Korteweg (0), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Vredenburg (6), Steenwijk
• Blaise WOLFER (77), Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Arie Paap (0), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Korteweg (0), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Robert Decap (0), Woumen
• Catharina Louisa Donner (94), Arnhem
• alexander bernardus PAUL (77), dordrecht

• 1874 » Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1875 » H.B. Warner, English actor († 1958)
• 1880 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1881 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer († 1963)
• 1883 » Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author († 1970)
• 1883 » Paul Pilgrim, American runner († 1958)
• 1884 » William Hogenson, American sprinter († 1965)
• 1890 » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician († 1931)
• 1893 » Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author († 1977)
• 1894 » Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses († 1988)

• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)

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.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• 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 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on October 26, 1885 was about 7.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.