About the day » Monday August 17, 1885Calender converter

• Haskenhermes, Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1885)
• Albert Munneke, Douglas County, South Dakota (USA) († 1906)
• Agnes Maria Kockelkoren, Vogelenzang, Gemeente Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Angelica Marie HOUBEN, Uitkerke (Blankenberge),8370,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Aaltje Werker († 1973)
• Albertus Adrianus van Zelst, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Aaltje van Bolhuis, Kantens († 1968)
• Adrianus Johannes VUGT, van, Cromvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1885)
• Agatha Wolterman, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Munneke, South Dakota (U.S.A.) († 1906)

• Aleida Voshaar (66), Zenderen
• Balthasar Balthazar Feuth (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Willem Muijsken (72), Den Haag
• Aalbertje Marcelisse CORBIJN (82), Numansdorp
• Baligje Boerman (81), Alblasserdam
• Aaltje BEUKEMA (15), Chicago
• Aartje Bos (0), Zwolle
• Adriana Meermans (0), Zuidland Gem. Nissewaard Zhl. Nederland
• Anthonij Willem Muijsken (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Annetje Kerkmeester (1), Huizen

• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1887 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line († 1940)
• 1888 » Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit († 1963)
• 1890 » Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1946)
• 1890 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot († 1920)
• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)
• 1893 » Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter († 1980)

• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)

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 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• 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 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 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.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

The temperature on August 17, 1885 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.