About the day » Monday August 10, 1885Calender converter

• Albert Meerdink
• Anna Antonia Sensen (22.2.8), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• alida das, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriaan Bal, 's-Heerenhoek († 1971)
• Alida Wilhelmina Schellinger, Den Helder († 1958)
• Adrianus Jutte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Marcus, Maassluis (Zuid-Holland) († 1888)
• Aaldricus, Pieter, Hendrik de Koning, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Grondel, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Strijbos, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antonius van Kuijk (75), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arij Kleijweg (85), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegien Greven (56), Onna (Steenwijkerwold), Ov, The Netherlands
• Arij Kleijweg (85), Delft
• Berentje Lensink (83), Deventer
• Adriana Rietberg (8), Arnhem
• Alida van Nierop, Monster
• Adriana Dubbelman (35), Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Amélie Marie Joseph MEUNIER (17), JEMELLE, Namur, Belgique
• Berendje Anthonies Vos (72), Maastricht, Nederland

• 1877 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and author († 1944)
• 1878 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author († 1957)
• 1880 » Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1964)
• 1884 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author († 1935)
• 1888 » Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark († 1940)
• 1889 » Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly († 1967)
• 1889 » Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance († 1968)
• 1890 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1954)
• 1894 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India († 1980)
• 1895 » Hammy Love, Australian cricketer († 1969)

• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

• 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 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 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• 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.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

The temperature on August 10, 1885 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.