About the day » Thursday November 5, 1885Calender converter

• Andries Henzen, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Alberdina Grootehaar, Goor († 1971)
• Anna** SNOW, Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States († 1957)
• Adrianus Willem Dersjant, Delft († 1964)
• Adrianus Bechthum, Stad aan het Haringvliet
• Aaltje Wolting, Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Tiggelman, Breda, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Maria Francisca VAN DEYCK, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Antonia Maria Braspenning, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wittering, Ter Apel (Vlagtwedde) († 1971)

• Angélique Hyronimus (41), Freistroff, 57235, France
• Ailke Nieborg (46), Foxhol, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Carel Johan Richard Nobel (65), Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Carel Johan Richard (Righard) Nobel (65), Zwolle
• Betje Bakkum (0), Uitgeest
• Arie de JONG (0), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• ANNA MARIA ELISABETH BREUGELMANS (0), Borsbeek
• Caleb Bailey (88), Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Pieters Klazinga (5)
• Carel Johan Richard Nobel (65), Zwolle

• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)
• 1892 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist († 1964)
• 1892 » John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force († 1919)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• 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 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

The temperature on November 5, 1885 was about 5.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.