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• Adrianus Van Beveren, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Afina Lameris, Hoogkerk († 1934)
• Adrianus de Bruijn, Ammerstol
• Aleide Gerarde POOL, Tiel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1966)
• adrianus de bruin, ammerstol
• Adriaan Izaak Tellier, Groede, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1885)
• Aaltien Waninge, Ansen (Ruinen) († 1955)
• Aaltje van Westerneng, Otterlo,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Aleida Schmidt, Albergen († 1969)
• Albertus Johannes Pol, Teuge († 1949)

• Anthonie van der Linden (17), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Anthonia van Loosbroek (81), Zegwaart,Gemeente Zoetermeer,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antje Eelkes Westra (92), Feanwâlden, Dantumadiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Symons Hansum (97)
• Anna Catharina KUHLMANN (65), Osternburg, Duitsland
• Antje van den Toorn (73), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Albertus Johannes Jonker (61), Deventer
• Anna Maria Antonia van Loosbroek (81)
• Aleida Terbruggen (69), Velp (Rheden)
• Anna Maria BELLE (62), Ahlen (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Deutschland

• 1875 » Albert I of Belgium († 1934)
• 1882 » (O.S. 27 March) - Dmytro Doroshenko, Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine († 1951)
• 1883 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia († 1936)
• 1883 » R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator († 1951)
• 1886 » Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright († 1967)
• 1888 » Dennis Chávez, American journalist and politician († 1962)
• 1889 » Adrian Boult, English conductor († 1983)
• 1892 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists († 1979)
• 1892 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records († 1970)

• 1848 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

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.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• 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.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on April 8, 1885 was about 6.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.