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• Annegina Afina Jans Dikkema, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands († 1967)
• Andries Goslings Vogelaar, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• maria elisabeth van blijdestijn, oegstgeest
• Andreas Hubertus Verhaeg, Neer († 1959)
• Andrew Jackson Perry, Arkansas († 1970)
• Adriana Cornelia Poppelaars, Teteringen
• "Elisabeth" Marie Josèphe Tournois de Bonnevallet († 1973)
• Anna Berendina Tigelaar († 1968)
• Sijlvia Baert, Koewacht († 1885)
• Alphons Joseph Rottier, Sint Jansteen

• Anna Cornelia Kerstens (1), Etten-Leur,,Nederland
• Burton K Dickey (72), Brasstown, NC, United States
• Antje Jelles Prakken
• Anna Catharina Verbert (62), Edegem
• Bernardus Hendrikus Nijhuis (0), Hengelo
• Adriana Frankrijker, de (91), Gouda
• Annigje ten Kate (24), Meppel {DR}
• Catharina Johannes Madelaine Mouchet (79), Oosterhout, Overbetuwe
• Anna Koenen (6), Hommersum, Goch, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Arie Moos (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer († 1942)
• 1874 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager († 1959)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal († 1956)
• 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)
• 1881 » Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal († 1964)
• 1881 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria († 1938)
• 1883 » Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1967)
• 1888 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India († 1975)
• 1892 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1973)
• 1897 » Morris Carnovsky, American actor († 1992)

• 1857 » Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
• 1894 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (b. 1822)
• 1898 » Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
• 1901 » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1902 » Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1909 » Louis Bouveault, French chemist (b. 1864)
• 1912 » Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American general (b. 1845)

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.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on September 5, 1885 was about 16.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.