About the day » Thursday November 5, 1885Calender converter

• Albertje Strampel, Delfstrahuizen, gemeente Schoterland († 1969)
• Aaltje Wolting, Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• - Zuiderweg, Zuidwending, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Alberdina Grootehaar, Goor († 1971)
• Adrianus Petrus Peels, Valkenswaard
• Albert Wittering, Ter Apel, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1971)
• Antonia Maria Braspenning, Haarlem
• Albert Tijs Wittering, Ter Apel (Vlagtwedde) († 1971)
• Adriana Schuurman, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna** SNOW, Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States († 1957)

• Ailke Nieborg (46), Foxhol
• Jannetje Kok (53)
• Albert Stoffer (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Caleb Bailey (88), Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• ? ? (44)
• Bernardus Adrianus Huigen (0), Brakel
• Anna Maria Burgers (38)
• Anna Willems (36), Tilburg
• Albertus van Veen (0), Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anneke Gijsberta Dekkers (34), Veen

• 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)

• 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).
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• 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 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%.