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• Adrianus Heijkoop, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Keller, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Mary Griffith, Glenaron Hawke Road, Upper Norwood, London, England († 1975)
• Adriana Varkevisser, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Anna Christina Toepoel, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adriana Varkevisser, Katwijk aan Zee
• Adrianus Marinus Backx, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1920)
• Alida van den Bosch, Lexmond
• Henskens, Cornelia Antonia Henrica, 's-Hertogenbosch op de Zuidwal 226
• Adrianus Petrus van Dijk, Tilburg, Nederland († 1939)

• Anna Maria van Waveren (0), Loosdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius van den Broek (81), Zundert
• Amelia VANCRAEYENEST (82), Anzegem, BE
• Anna Elisabeth Beek (92), Heteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie de Grauw (70), Princenhage
• Adriaan Groeneveld (0), 's Grevelduin-Capelle
• Bernhard Wegmann (66), Heede-Schuckenbrock
• Anna Gertruda Westheim (1), Tegelen
• Albert Beekelaar (Bekelaar) (4), Vastenow (Emmen)
• Alexander Paul Ludwig Konstantin von Württemberg (80), Laško / Tüffer, Slovénie

• 1882 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator († 1927)
• 1883 » Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian, author, and academic († 1975)
• 1884 » Enrico Dante, Italian cardinal († 1967)
• 1885 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter († 1962)
• 1885 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician († 1936)
• 1886 » Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia († 1918)
• 1886 » Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) († 1988)
• 1888 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1963)
• 1888 » Louise Freeland Jenkins, American astronomer and academic († 1970)
• 1889 » Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright († 1963)

• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)

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.
• February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.

The temperature on July 5, 1885 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.