About the day » Monday June 1, 1885Calender converter

• Albert François Xavier Baudry, Poyans
• Achilles Joseph Swaenepoel, Hooglede († 1886)
• Agatha Warmerdam, Alphen aan den Rijn, ZUI, Nederland († 1885)
• Anna Drenth, Odoornerveen (Odoorn) († 1886)
• Aleida Maria Kemna, Tubbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1929)
• Jacob Johannes de Gruijter, Rockanje († 1924)
• Alberdina KAPEL, Stadskanaal, Groningen, NEDERLAND († 1947)
• Alida Gijsberts Sprangers, unbekannt
• Alfred Albert Franz von Carlowitz, Hannover, Allemagne
• Adolf BOS, Spijk (Bierum) Groningen Netherlands

• (Anna) Catharina Elshoff (73), Losser, 7581, Nederland
• Anna Jans TUINMAN (84), Zuidhorn, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
• Abram WOLSCHRIJN (68), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje van Garderen (78), Utrecht
• Adriana van Schaik (62), Houten, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Petronella Tolido (1), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Ensing (59), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Clasina Josephina Louisa van Gils, Waalwijk
• Albertus Willem Lensink (20), Arnhem {GE}
• Anna Barbera Tieman (58), Rotterdam

• 1873 » Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician († 1955)
• 1874 » Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist († 1931)
• 1878 » John Masefield, English author and poet († 1967)
• 1879 » Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast († 1956)
• 1882 » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău († 1940)
• 1887 » Clive Brook, English actor († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher († 1957)
• 1889 » James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1974)
• 1890 » Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)
• 1892 » Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, († 1960)

• 1846 » Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1861 » John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
• 1864 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)

• 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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on June 1, 1885 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.