About the day » Thursday July 30, 1885Calender converter

• Albertus Petrus Bernardus Lem, van der, 's-Gravenhage Zhl. NL († 1955)
• Albert Koes, de wijk-de stapel († 1902)
• Albert Pieter Sander, Uitwierde, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1917)
• Aart Arie van Marion, Zuidland († 1885)
• Andries Dirks Tjepkema, Vrouwenparochie
• Alida Petronella van Ieperen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Eradus, Leiden
• Anna Catharina Eradus, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1965)
• Alice Debrauwere, Gent
• Adriana Bikker, Ameide (Vijfheerenlanden), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)

• Dirk Hermanus Van DRIEL (0), Zuidland
• Dirgje van Dijk (3), Dordrecht
• Constantinus Brewee (67), Denderhoutem
• David Greer Lewis (66), South Slippery Rock, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Speksnijder (0), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland
• Elisabeth Margaretha Fredertika Mansveld (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Roessel (36), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adriana Stok (1), Papendrecht
• Anna Catharina Kersemans (68), Wortel
• Cipriana Justina Barcelos (71), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

• 1862 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general († 1933)
• 1863 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company († 1947)
• 1872 » Princess Clémentine of Belgium († 1955)
• 1881 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1940)
• 1890 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager († 1975)
• 1893 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician († 1967)
• 1898 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator († 1986)
• 1899 » Gerald Moore, English pianist († 1987)
• 1901 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1955)
• 1904 » Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright († 1974)

• 1832 » Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (b. 1763-4)
• 1870 » Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)
• 1889 » Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
• 1898 » Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
• 1900 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
• 1912 » Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)

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.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on July 30, 1885 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.