About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1885Calender converter

• Albertus Abeles Postma, West Stellingwerf
• Anna la Mark, Apeldoorn
• van der Linden, Zuilichem († 1885)
• Anthonij François Slijpen, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aagje Polak, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adrianus van Stokkum, Rhenen, Nederland († 1885)
• Amos B Hoover, New Holland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania († 1977)
• Maria Delphina Baert, Koewacht († 1954)
• ANDREW ALBERT THATCHER, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales († 1963)
• Anna Mathilda Feron, Maastricht († 1885)

• Anna Josepha Rittenhouse Nourse (70), Tustin, Orange County, California, United States of America
• Anneke Harms Rijks (81), Nieuw Scheemda, Nederland
• Adrianus Boncratius Jacobus Schuit (2), Monster
• Anna Catharina Bogaerts (81), Wilmarsdonk
• Clementine De Proft (35), Mechelen, 2800, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Catharina Maria de Groot (0), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Es (0), Delft
• Catharina Akker van den (5), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina van der Heijden [Boedijn] (77), Delft, Nederland
• Antonia Michiels, Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1876 » Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author († 1922)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)
• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)
• 1897 » Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint († 1911)
• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)

• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)

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.
• March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.

The temperature on June 17, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.