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• Albert Dijks, Brunsting, Beilen, Nederland († 1959)
• Alberdina Daniëlas Wijtsema, Stadskanaal Wildervank Groningen Nederland
• Aaltje Wassink, Langerak (Doetinchem) († 1944)
• Adriana Catharina van der Wiel, Gorinchem († 1886)
• Adriana Kievit, Oude Tonge († 1899)
• Anna Elisabeth Blom, Oldenzaal († 1971)
• Aletta Theunislana Kriel, Harrismith, Transvaal, South Africa
• Anna Elisabeth Geelen, Born († 1888)
• Agnita van Binsbergen, Buurmalsen († 1959)
• Adrianus van 't Wout, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anthony Ewoud MODDERMAN (46), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Anthony Ewoud prof. mr. Modderman (46), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Alfred François Moury (28), Dour (BE)
• Abram Adrianus KUIJPERS (0), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Andries van Doorneveld (18), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Groeneveld (0), Vianen
• Adriana Jacoba Johanna Duijndam (13), Loosduinen
• Antonie Ewoud Jan prof. mr. Modderman (46), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Adriana Jacoba Johanna Duijndam (13), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abbie Cragin (57), Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States

• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)
• 1884 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1887 » Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright († 1970)
• 1890 » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist († 1964)
• 1901 » Ann Harding, American actress and singer († 1981)

• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)

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.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• 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.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on August 7, 1885 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.