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Born on Wednesday October 7, 1885
- Anna Kuiper, Assendelft († 1940)
- Alvah George Lemley, Greene Cnty, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
- Albert Percy Fortune († 1980)
- Alma Donnie Tyner, Madison County, Georgia († 1965)
- Adriana Kijkuit, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
- Albert Keessen, Aalsmeer († 1963)
- Anna Maria Barendregt, Rozenburg, 3181, Nederland
- Alexander James Hill, Mendon, Cache County, Utah († 1948)
- Aalbert Veldhuizen, Lunteren († 1946)
- Albert Baas-, Nieuw-Buinen, Nederland († 1979)
Died on Wednesday October 7, 1885
- August Beersemans (1), Rijkevorsel
- Adrianus Fens (61), Ommerschans,Overijssel,Nederland
- Adrianus Fens (61), Ommerschans (Ommen, Stad)
- Anna Theresia CRAMPE (78), Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Agatha Sijmetje Vliet (32)
- Alfred Leo Arthur Jan Van Cauwenberghe (0)
- Aagje Johanna Baerveldt (51), Zaandam
- Antonie van Dragt (0), Elburg, GD
- Adrianus Josephus IJpelaar (0), Loon op Zand
- Rutjes (56), Pannerden
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 7, 1885 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
Born on October 7
- 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)
- 1881 » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general († 1918)
- 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
- 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
- 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
- 1887 » Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach († 1961)
- 1888 » Edna Meade Colson, African American educator and activist († 1985)
- 1888 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States († 1965)
- 1889 » Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1968)
- 1892 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer († 1982)
Died on October 7
- 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
- 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
- 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
- 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
- 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
- 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
- 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
- 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
- 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
- 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
Names that were popular for boys in 1885
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1885
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1885
- 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 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
- June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
- July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
- August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
- November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
The weather on Wednesday October 7, 1885
The temperature on October 7, 1885 was about 8.9 °C. There was 20 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI