About the day » Wednesday February 18, 1885Calender converter

• Aaron Boush, Portsmouth Co., Virginia, United States
• Albertus Meyer, Schoonhoven († 1960)
• Adeline Augusta Desimpelaere, Wervik
• Albertus Waltz, Ellecom († 1885)
• Achille, Joseph Hoste, Meulebeke,8760,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1964)
• Aaltje Wielink, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1925)
• Adriaan de Bruijne, Middelburg († 1933)
• Aaltje Borst, Kethel en Spaland († 1965)
• Aart de Krieger, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1888)
• Adrianus Simeon Alphonsus Schuermans, Tilburg († 1958)

• Albert Sterken (50), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonie Suikers (39), Vreeswijk, 3433, Nederland
• Anna Musterd (72), Made en Drimmelen
• ?? Lucas (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina van der STAR (36), Batavia, Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Antonie te Kloese (Cloese) (77), Hilversum, Nederland
• Anna Maria Francken (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria van der Meijden (78), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie te Kloese (77), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bastiaan Vermeij (53), Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1871 » Harry Brearley, English inventor († 1948)
• 1883 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright († 1957)
• 1885 » Henri Laurens, French sculptor and illustrator († 1954)
• 1890 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor († 1963)
• 1890 » Edward Arnold, American actor († 1956)
• 1892 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 1944)
• 1893 » Maksim Haretski, Belarusian prose writer, journalist and activist († 1938)
• 1896 » Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat († 1970)
• 1898 » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari († 1988)
• 1898 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico († 1980)

• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
• 1873 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
• 1880 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)

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.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• 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.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

The temperature on February 18, 1885 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.