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• Alphonsus Van Dam, Zemst († 1954)
• Aaldrik Aaldriks, Groningen († 1911)
• Andries Lodewijk Malmberg, District Saramacca, Saramacca, Suriname
• Adriana van Lil, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Anna Maria Cnaepkens, Rijkevorsel, België
• Adrianus Godefridus Santegoets, Goirle († 1961)
• Ada May Dooley, Indiana († 1963)
• Adolf Marcus Joekes, Boea (Sumatra), Indonesië († 1962)
• Alle Woltjer, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1885)
• Alphonsus Guillelmus Peirlinck, Moorsel († 1967)

• Bartholomeus Theodorus Leonardus Daalen van (50), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Pieters Brolsma, Winsum
• Catharina Steffens (62), Velp, Nederland
• Andreas KRAPFL (59), Dyersville,Iowa
• Caroline Steinert (76), Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Antonia van ARNHEM (49), Nieuwkoop
• Antonia van Leuwen (53), Tilburg
• Adèle Daoust (18), Vaudreuil, Qu©bec
• Antonia van Aarnem (49), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Achilles Benjamin Corneille Dessauvagie (0), Batavia, Ned. Indië

• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)

• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)

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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• 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 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on May 5, 1885 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.