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• Adrianus van de Ven, Haaren († 1976)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Roosmalen, Sint-Oedenrode, North Brabant, Netherlands
• van der Asdonk, Heemstede
• Anna Henriette van Lent, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1914)
• Aldegonde Clementia Lavigne, Vechmaal, België († 1964)
• Adrianus Wijnandus van Oeffel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandre Wilson Theuvenet, Solok (Sumatra) († 1919)
• Anna Eutropia Beckers, Ulestraten († 1909)
• Angèle Eudoxie Baudry, Lo († 1908)
• Adrianus Johannes de Kok, Breda

• Antje Jans Hofman (63)
• Antonij Groenenbergh (57), Sleeuwijk
• Arent Kort (62), Exloërmond (Odoorn)
• Arent Jacobs Kort (62), Exloërmond Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Todd (72), St. Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Andries van Zijl (53), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aart Hilhorst (52), Soest, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius Hetem (1), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Hilhorst (52), Soest
• Barendt Velsink (80)

• 1877 » Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist († 1967)
• 1877 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1878 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist († 1948)
• 1880 » Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist († 1967)
• 1883 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author († 1923)
• 1883 » Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer († 1947)
• 1884 » Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor († 1965)
• 1888 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic († 1974)
• 1893 » Harold Breen, Australian public servant († 1966)
• 1893 » Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1946)

• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
• 1865 » Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
• 1870 » Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
• 1875 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
• 1879 » Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)

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 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on April 30, 1885 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.