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• Alfred Joseph DURINGER, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Albert Beenen, Heeze
• Adriana van der Veldt, Sloten († 1946)
• Adrianus Vreugdenhil, Amsterdam († 1973)
• Andries IJzebaart, Axel
• Abel Vrugt, ten Boer, prov. Groningen
• Adrianus Bernardus Johannes Simonis, den haag
• Andries Willem Keuter, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan van Loon, Terheijden
• Abraham E. Weaver, Holmes County, Ohio

• Stiphout (0), Merselo, Li.NL
• Adriana Visser (49), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie Bastiaansz Den BELDER (80), Maasdam
• Adriana Barnhard (59), Heerjansdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dijkman (0), Nieuwenhoorn
• Adriana Barnhard (58), Heerjansdam, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Nicolai (15), Naaldwijk
• Alberdina Mast (3), Kloosterveen, gemeente Smilde
• Albert Klein (60), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Annes de Vries (17), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1879 » Carl Ramsauer, German physicist and author († 1955)
• 1879 » Edwin Samuel Montagu, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1924)
• 1879 » Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland († 1937)
• 1879 » Othon Friesz, French painter († 1949)
• 1880 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna († 1931)
• 1884 » Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar († 1974)
• 1887 » Josef Frings, German cardinal († 1978)
• 1890 » James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales († 1957)
• 1890 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician († 1988)
• 1892 » Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general († 1984)

• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
• 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)

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.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• 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.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

The temperature on February 6, 1885 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.