About the day » Saturday May 2, 1885Calender converter

• Albert Dick, Muskegon (Muskegon County) (Michigan) († 1887)
• Adriaan Antonie Kramer, Doeveren
• Alexander van Ganzen, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1914)
• Albertje Dilling, Gasselte († 1959)
• Anna Lucia Rombouts, Bergeijk († 1918)
• Alfons Bollaerts, St Joris Winge
• * Jasper Jacobus van der Grijn, Meerkerk († 1968)
• Aleida Constantia Maria SCHILTE, Assen, 19, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anje Bos, Rottum, Kantens († 1938)

• Antje Willems Olivier (23), Wanswerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Bernzen (2), Meppen
• Anna Margaretha Bernzen (2), Meppen Emsland
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina van Oort (0), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antje Gackstätter (0), Rotterdam
• Albert Middelhof (8), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hendrika Wagner, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Kogelman (73), Heino, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Tengnagel, Druten
• Akke Wiebes Feenstra (67), Sloten

• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)
• 1889 » Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1959)
• 1890 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author († 1965)
• 1892 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot († 1918)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.

The temperature on May 2, 1885 was about 10.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.