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March 18, 1885Born on Thursday March 19, 1885
- Abraham van den Berg, Urk († 1886)
- Aleida Bartholda van Tongeren, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1885)
- Anna Catharina van Tillo, Lepelstraat († 1974)
- Albertus van Eijk, Charlois († 1886)
- Alice Ellen Hunn, Wangford (RD), Suffolk
- Adriana Weijling, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
- * Marijtje Eijlander, Zunderdorp († 1952)
- Aleida Maria Martens, Pol., Gelderland, Nederland
- Aaltien Hadders, nieuwe schutting († 1885)
- Alexander Petrus Oosterbroek, Baarn († 1885)
Died on Thursday March 19, 1885
- Adriana van den Engel (89), Montfoort
- Antje Jans Duursma (49), Bakkeveen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
- Alijda ter Horst (58), Baarn
- Agatha van der Velden (62), Rotterdam
- (H)endrijntje Dekker (76), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland
- Aloïs Vertez, Vrasene, België
- Anna Maria Geertruida Rolfes (79), Ter Aar (Aardam)
- Annie Elizabeth Moore * (44), Plymouth, Devon, England
- Adrianus Riemslag (0), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Bokhove (1), Almelo, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 19, 1885 at Delpher
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De standaard
- Tilburgsche courant
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
Born on March 19
- 1880 » Ernestine Rose, American librarian and advocate († 1961)
- 1881 » Edith Nourse Rogers, American social worker and politician († 1960)
- 1882 » Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor († 1935)
- 1883 » Joseph Stilwell, American general († 1946)
- 1883 » Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
- 1885 » Attik, Greek composer († 1944)
- 1888 » Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator († 1976)
- 1888 » Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist († 1969)
- 1891 » Earl Warren, American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States († 1974)
- 1892 » Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art († 1967)
Died on March 19
- 1871 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)
- 1897 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
- 1900 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
- 1900 » John Bingham, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)
- 1914 » Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
- 1919 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
- 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
- 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
- 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
- 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
Names that were popular for boys in 1885
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1885
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1885
- 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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
- February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
- March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
- August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
- October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
The weather on Thursday March 19, 1885
The temperature on March 19, 1885 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI