About the day » Thursday August 6, 1885Calender converter

• * Maria van Wijk, Nieuwkuijk († 1972)
• Adriana Rood, Heerhugowaard († 1969)
• Adriana van der Windt, Vlaardingen († 1887)
• Andries Vries de, Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Albert Koopman, Genemuiden (gem. Zwartewaterland) († 1887)
• Leijntje Janneke, Terneuzen Nederland
• Alexander PETERS, Arnhem,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1885)
• 00 Neeltje de Koning, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1974)
• Aalt van der Snee, Kampen († 1958)
• Aaltje Tijmes, Loon († 1928)

• Christina Rientjes (35), Vroomshoop (Den Ham)
• Anna Martina Rijstebil (87), Oud Vossemeer
• Anna Martina Rijstenbil (87), Oud-Vossemeer
• Aardjen Vrijheid (74), Oostbeek (Doornspijk)
• barbara van lierop (0), helmond
• Bientze Tjeerds Bakker (23), Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Ann Mac LEOD (52)
• Berendina Johanna Jacobusen Diender (2), Vollenhove
• Anna Maria Gloudemans (47), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Clasina van der Rest (1), Dordrecht

• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)
• 1889 » George Kenney, Canadian-American general († 1977)
• 1889 » John Middleton Murry, English poet and author († 1957)
• 1890 » Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland († 1956)

• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)

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.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• 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.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on August 6, 1885 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.