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• Adriana Claassen, 's Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Marinus van der Kleijn, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1921)
• Aldegondis Rosalie Ramaekers, Zepperen, België († 1973)
• Adrianus Goemaat, Oude Tonge
• Anna Petronella Elisabeth Theodora Verploegh Chasse, Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna barones van Heeckeren, Lochem,Gemeente Lochem,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1906)
• Anna Margaretha Lexmond, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana Claassen, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albert van Veen, IJhorst († 1959)
• Albertus (Ab) Wassenaar, Haarlem, Haarlem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)

• Catharina Hendrica Markenhof (3), Houten
• Aaltje Ranter (0), Radewijk
• Cornelis Vermaat (0), Zwijndrecht
• Catharina Johanna Louisa WILLEMS (8), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Maarten Zwakman (1), Schoorl
• Anna Maria van der VELDEN (53), Boekel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina te Poel (67), Silvolde
• Clasina van Meeteren (0), Tiel
• Adriaantje (Lukart) Lukaart (81), Sommelsdijk
• Catharina Lefeber (43), Leiden, Nederland

• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)
• 1886 » Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army († 1967)
• 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
• 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
• 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)

• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)

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.
• January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on September 4, 1885 was about 13.4 °C. There was 20 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.