About the day » Saturday June 27, 1885Calender converter

• Aleida Jongsma, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kersbergen, Nigtevecht († 1970)
• Alida van Ingen, Amerongen
• Adele Van Slooten, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• A.J.R(Arthur) Vossen, Hulsberg († 1932)
• Abraham Herman VAN DE VELDE, Den Haag († 1946)
• Aartje Quak, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Jantje Bouwsma(Bousma), Warns († 1885)
• Albert Kloosterziel, 's Heerenbroek (Zwollerkerspel) († 1939)
• Alida Tel, Zaandam († 1940)

• Arieaantje Kerkman (41), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Elizabeth Weld-Forester (82)
• Ardina Johanna Ariens (1), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Antje Arning (66), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Augustina van der Tuin (0), Utrecht
• Agnes Johanna Koelemij (0), Haarlem
• Antonia Van Sante (74), Massemen
• Atze Sjoerds VAN STRALEN (61), Grouw, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Jans Bezoen (61), Ruinerwold 24
• Aletta Antonetta Verdoorn (92)

• 1872 » Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer († 1942)
• 1880 » Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist († 1968)
• 1882 » Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic († 1963)
• 1884 » Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet († 1962)
• 1885 » Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist († 1950)
• 1885 » Pierre Montet, French historian and academic († 1966)
• 1886 » Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1958)
• 1888 » Antoinette Perry, American actress and director († 1946)
• 1888 » Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic († 1960)
• 1892 » Paul Colin, French illustrator († 1985)

• 1878 » Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (b. 1800)
• 1894 » Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)
• 1896 » John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
• 1907 » Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
• 1912 » George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)

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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• 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 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

The temperature on June 27, 1885 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.