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• Abel Sofus Olsen Kjelsberg, Beiarn, Nordland, Norway
• Aartje Grietjesdr van Eijk, Rhoon
• Adam van der Weide, Wolsum, Friesland, Nederland († 1956)
• Aafje Reindina Helder († 1961)
• Rietveld, schoonhoven (zuid holland)
• Albert Krook, 's Gravenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1923)
• Pauwels, Bornem († 1885)
• Alexander Roy, Russell County, Kentucky († 1913)
• Anna de Rooij, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, CANADA, St-Pierre-Apôtre († 1888)

• Aaltje Cornelia Ippel (35), Werkendam, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Antoon Willem van Wel (29), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Akke SMITS (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Frenck (1), Arnhem Gelderland Nederland
• Abigail Hood Kinney (95), Lower Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
• Adriaantje Vissers (42)
• Arie de Jong (43), Bergambacht
• Alberta Christina Geldof (0), Woumen
• Cornelis (67), Oostzaan
• Alida Reijnders (35)

• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)

• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• 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.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on March 8, 1885 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.