About the day » Tuesday February 3, 1885Calender converter

• Groeneveld, Aarlanderveen
• Albert . Kuitse, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1972)
• Anna Maria VERWERFT, Wommelgem,2160,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1963)
• Alida VAN LOO, Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• "Charles" Marie Camille Boyer de Bouillane, Valence, Drôme, France († 1940)
• Verborgt, Gheel (Rauwelkoven) († 1885)
• ter Haar, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allen Parcell Duke, Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah, United States of America († 1967)
• Adrianus Herman, Vlijmen († 1911)
• Alida Maria Defever, Klerken

• ter Mors (0), Enschede
• Alida de Hoog (60), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Loon (46), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina de GREEF (93), Roosendaal, 4153, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Schenk (0), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Nooij (68), De Rijp
• Alida de HOOG (60), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Wierts SMID (54), Achterdiep, Sappemeer, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Altana Short (28), New York, United States
• Anna Margaretha Schulte (52), Stadskanaal(Gr)-Onstwedde

• 1872 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright, († 1946)
• 1878 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1943)
• 1887 » Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet († 1914)
• 1889 » Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic († 1977)
• 1889 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1892 » Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain († 1956)
• 1893 » Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic († 1978)
• 1894 » Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator († 1978)
• 1898 » Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre († 1976)

• 1832 » George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)
• 1862 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1774)
• 1866 » François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• 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.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

The temperature on February 3, 1885 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.