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• adriaantje PREESMAN, heinenoord
• de Jong
• * Adrianus Cornelis van den Brand, Nieuwkuijk († 1959)
• Anne Baukes Beute, Jislum († 1916)
• Alfons Den Haese, Merelbeke
• Anje Lalkens, Bierum († 1971)
• Adrianus Hofman, Vlaardingen († 1963)
• Anna Maria van der Aa, Amsterdam († 1955)
• Aaltje Kamp, Hellendoorn († 1903)
• Albert Jan Oudman, Michigan, United States († 1984)

• Albertus Antonius Jacobus van Huijgevoort (2), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Martha Nieuwpoort (42), Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Adriaan Izaak Tellier (0), Groede, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adolf van Amersfoort (78), Beekbergen
• Adriana van MEEL (45), Oud en Nieuw Gastel,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Adolph van Amersfoort (78), Beekbergen (Apeldoorn), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolph van Amersfoort (78), Beekbergen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolf Hulspas (56), Honselersdijk (gem.Naaldwijk)
• Adam Gebhart (71)
• Adriana Merx, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)
• 1880 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter († 1938)
• 1880 » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

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.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• 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.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on May 6, 1885 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.