About the day » Monday September 28, 1885Calender converter

• Aloisius Tijsmans, den haag
• Aloisius TIJSMANS, Den Haag, Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Aartje Belder, Maasdam († 1900)
• Alida Christina Tang, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adrianus Cornelis van de Westelaken, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1913)
• Elisabeth Bos, Delfzijl († 1956)
• Alphonse Maes, Temse
• Anna Visser, Buiksloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Aaltje de Ridder, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Albert Bel, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland

• Adriana den Outer (75), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonie de Wit (0), Nieuwkuijk
• Arie van Dijk (66), Katwijk
• Anthonius Henricus Franciscus Streep (0), Utrecht
• Arie van Dijk (66), Katwijk aan Zee
• Antje Klazes Giesing (35), Paterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Willem Anthonie van Idsinga (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hohwü (82), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Bouknight (67), Ballentine, Richland, South Carolina
• 0tto Kroeze- (0), Groningen, Nederland

• 1877 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter († 1940)
• 1878 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1962)
• 1881 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor († 1950)
• 1882 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer († 1963)
• 1885 » Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee († 1974)
• 1887 » Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee († 1975)
• 1889 » Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach († 1973)
• 1890 » Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer († 1982)
• 1892 » Elmer Rice, American playwright († 1967)
• 1893 » Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician († 1973)

• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 » Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
• 1918 » Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor (b. 1888)

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.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• 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.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on September 28, 1885 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.