About the day » Tuesday June 2, 1885Calender converter

• Anna Maria Libens, Wellen, België († 1971)
• * Gottfried Philipp Nollgen, Bielefeld († 1939)
• * Joannes Hubertus Kuijpers, Linne († 1951)
• Adriana Maria van der Meijs, Hilvarenbeek (Hilvarenbeek) (Noord-Brabant)
• Antonie, baroness of Weichs zur Wenne
• Anna de Vries, Utrecht († 1958)
• Aaltje Dekker, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Arent Jan te Hennepe, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1886)
• Arendje Waterreus (tot 1912 de Mos)
• Arendje Waterreus, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Bartel Konings (74), Haarlemmermeer
• Adriana Beek (66)
• Ane Smit (0), Terschelling
• Adrianus Heine (0), Uitgeest
• Catharina Haiduk (33)
• Angelique van Renesse van Duivenbode (22), Menado
• Aaltien Hadders (0), Gemeente Emmen, Provincie Drenthe
• Casparus Franciscus Josephus Wap (41), Batavia
• Berendina Johanna Morsman (0), Hengelo
• Anna Catharina Van Dijck (50), Kalmthout, België

• 1869 » Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager († 1937)
• 1875 » Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan († 1973)
• 1878 » Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader († 1912)
• 1881 » Walter Egan, American golfer († 1971)
• 1891 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot († 1945)
• 1891 » Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge († 1969)
• 1899 » Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer († 1980)
• 1899 » Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director († 1981)
• 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
• 1904 » Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor († 1984)

• 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)

• 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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on June 2, 1885 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.