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• Abraham Van Poppel, Gemeente Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Dessaur‏, 's-Gravenhage († 1942)
• Albert Steenbergen, norg († 1923)
• Achiel Mauritius Vanderstraeten, Gent
• Allegonda Maria Niehoff, Groningen
• Josephina Joanna Maria Herwegh, Koewacht
• Aafke Reinders van der Wey, Rottevalle († 1967)
• Freudenmeijer, Anna Paulowna
• Anna Geertruida Catharina Sophia Elisabeth Groepenhoff, Amsterdam († 1959)
• Alice Aaltje Olthoff, Iowa († 1956)

• Aaltje Stenveld (0), Zeegse, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• catharina PESANT (49), kethel
• Adriana Drinkwaard (1), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Catharina KLERKS (82), Drunen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthony VEENHOF (79), Langbroek (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Christoffel Simons IJspeert (20), Vollenhove
• Adrianus Petrus Maas (21), Halsteren
• Christina Elisabeth van Gent (33), Arnhem
• Antonie Veenhof (79), Langbroek
• Alfred Jonas Siegenberg (1), London, United Kingdom

• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)
• 1887 » Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1892 » Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician († 1951)
• 1892 » Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician († 1934)
• 1892 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author († 1968)
• 1892 » Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter († 1968)
• 1894 » Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author († 1956)

• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on May 31, 1885 was about 12.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.