About the day » Monday July 13, 1885Calender converter

• Alida Elisabeth BUITENDIJK, Leiden (Z-H) († 1967)
• Andries Jacobs Oosterkamp, Weststellingwerf († 1967)
• Feenstra, Ferwerderadeel
• Alida Hemmers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Achiel Theofiel De Vos, Melle, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• * Helena Maria Aarts, Roermond
• Andries Oosterkamp, Sonnega, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Alida Elisabeth Buitendijk OR Buijtendijk, Leiden
• Allegonda Maria van den Heuvel, Berghem († 1964)
• Albertje Symons de Haan, Workum, Gem. Workum, Friesland, Nederland

• Anna Margrieta Eijkelboom (80), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aldegondis Berben (71), Overpelt, Limburg, België
• Arie Hendriks Rijs (70), Uitgeest
• Anna Magrieta Eijkelboom (80), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aartje Van Gelderen (76), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Ousen (0), Rijswijk
• Arie Rijs (70), Uitgeest
• Alida van der Plas (57), Noordwijk
• Antje Kriek (50), Alkmaar,Noord-Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Hendriks Rijs (70), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1877 » Robert Henry Mathews, Australian linguist and missionary († 1970)
• 1884 » Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach († 1951)
• 1889 » Emma Asson, Estonian educator and politician († 1965)
• 1889 » Stan Coveleski, American baseball player († 1984)
• 1892 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American discus and javelin thrower († 1955)
• 1892 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator († 1941)
• 1894 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright († 1940)
• 1895 » Sidney Blackmer, American actor († 1973)
• 1896 » Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter and educator († 1992)
• 1898 » Julius Schreck, German commander († 1936)

• 1881 » John C. Pemberton, American general (b. 1814)
• 1889 » Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1830)
• 1890 » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1890 » John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American tribal chief (b. 1836)
• 1896 » August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1907 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1911 » Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on July 13, 1885 was about 22.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.