About the day » Saturday July 18, 1885Calender converter

• Alexander Boers, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Adriana Margreta Bouthoorn, Harmelen († 1943)
• Albert Goodman, Luton, Bedfordshire, England († 1961)
• Marinus Scholten, velp († 1886)
• Aaltje Olof, Krommenie
• Adriana Vehling, Rotterdam
• Age Wijnia, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Alida D. van Hensbergen, Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland († 1944)
• Age Sjoerds Wynia, Tzum, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Allard Zwier, Vledder († 1959)

• Albert Theunis Roorda (48), Hallum
• Christina Balje (30), Veere,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annigjen van Putten (81), Oldebroek
• Arie Goené (0), Utrecht
• Benjamin Franklin Vore (71), Stonycreek Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Berendina Massink (0), Bolsward (FRL)
• Annigjen Jacobs van Putten (81), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Anna Maria Geelen (35), Neer, Limburg, Nederland
• Annigjen Jacobs van Putten (82), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolus HOLLEZ, Ichtegem

• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)
• 1884 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal († 1979)
• 1886 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general († 1945)
• 1887 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway († 1945)
• 1889 » Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan († 1977)
• 1890 » Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia († 1983)
• 1892 » Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer († 1969)
• 1893 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier († 1968)
• 1895 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster († 1954)
• 1895 » Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina († 1991)

• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)

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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• 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.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

The temperature on July 18, 1885 was about 23.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.