About the day » Monday August 24, 1885Calender converter

• Aaltje Riet, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Vaan, Vlijmen
• ? Vermolen, Sassenheim († 1885)
• Albert Boskma, Hardegarijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Lolkes Wijbenga, Oostermeer († 1964)
• Anna Wijbenga, Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel (Frl) († 1964)
• Anna de Boers
• Adriana Ketelaars, Moergestel
• Albert Bakker, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1886)
• * Jan Vonk, Jaarsveld († 1959)

• Bijlsma
• Arnoldina Janssen (58), Gestel
• Aize Everts Leffering (0), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Robertus CAPELLE (0), Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Anna Plochl (81), Aussee
• Abraham Visser (67), Andijk, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Josephine Plochl (81), Bad Aussee, Liezen, Steiermark, Österreich
• Andreas Servaes (54)
• Antoine Singelijn (79), Erembodegem (Aalst), Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Annigje Everts (30), Noord, Hoogeveen

• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)
• 1890 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist († 1979)
• 1893 » Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic († 1978)
• 1895 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal († 1970)
• 1897 » Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher († 1954)
• 1898 » Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic († 1989)

• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)

• 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 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• 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 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.

The temperature on August 24, 1885 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.