About the day » Wednesday December 23, 1885Calender converter

• Adriana Rooyakkers, Vessem,Vessem Wintelre en Knegsel,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
• Adriana Jacoba Maria Victoria Haas, Delfshaven (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Sturm, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1968)
• Adriana Brok, Drunen Noord-Brabant
• Aaltje Vermeer, Wageningen († 1967)
• Adrianus Oudhuis, Obdam († 1942)
• Adriana de Nooijer, Arnemuiden († 1961)
• Adriana Rooijackers, Vessem
• Aaltje Rosendal, De Krim (Gramsbergen Ov) († 1962)
• Adriana Breddels, Herwijnen (West Betuwe), Gelderland, Nederland

• Adrianus Segers (71), Wortel, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Jurgens (0), Schiedam
• Aaltje van Opijnen (58), Geldermalsen
• Anna Maria Blaauwgeerts (77), Slagharen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• ALIDA VAN DIJK (82), MAASLAND
• Béatrice Derwa (74), Bergilers, Province de Liège, Belgique
• Catharina Cornelis Gerlsma (90), Hindeloopen
• Aaltje van Opijnen (58), Geldermalsen (NL)
• Andrew M. Patton (1), Springfield, Clark Co. Ohio
• Alice Walpole (22), Norwich, Norfolk, England

• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)
• 1900 » Marie Bell, French actress and stage director († 1985)
• 1900 » Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian († 2014)
• 1900 » Otto Soglow, American cartoonist († 1975)
• 1902 » Norman Maclean, American author and academic († 1990)

• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

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.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on December 23, 1885 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.