About the day » Wednesday March 11, 1885Calender converter

• Anna Cornelia Groeneveld, Amsterdam
• Alfredo Lourenço Luiz Von Sydow, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1965)
• Timmermans, Kessel, Limburg, Nederland († 1885)
• Anna van Heijnsbergen, ,, Schijndel, Nederland († 1885)
• Albert Reinders, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• Albert Achile Brogniez, Wasmes, Hainaut, Belgium († 1940)
• Adriana Jennie Derkse, Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Abel Blokzijl, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1885)
• Anna Volgamott, Ohio († 1958)
• albert achille BROGNIEZ, Wasmes (Belgium)

• Anke Yntes Kingma (84), Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna DIELEMANS (58), Roosendaal,,PAYS BAS
• Andries van der Steen (46), Vught, NL
• Anthonius Rommens (47), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Timmermans (0), Kessel, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Rommens (47), Wouw
• (1) Trijntje (Grietje) Laan (54), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Garsthagen (0), Papendrecht
• Anke Yntes Kingma, Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Kerkman (58), Zandvoort

• 1876 » Carl Ruggles, American pianist and composer († 1971)
• 1878 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1927)
• 1880 » Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist († 1943)
• 1884 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish soldier, author, and educator († 1920)
• 1884 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer († 1974)
• 1885 » Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver and journalist († 1948)
• 1887 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician († 1964)
• 1887 » Raoul Walsh, American actor and director († 1980)
• 1890 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1893 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator († 1946)

• 1863 » Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
• 1869 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
• 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
• 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)

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.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on March 11, 1885 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.