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• Anna Elisabeth Lommers, Middelburg
• Ale de Haan, Hoornsterzwaag, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertje Klazes Gorter, Doezum († 1960)
• Aaltien Deodatus († 1886)
• Almira Catherine Bloom, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1935)
• Adrianus Hofman, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriaan Van Zyl
• Angelo Schenone, Lumarzo, Italia († 1963)
• Aaltje Kamphuis, Hellendoorn († 1950)
• Agatha Louisa Heijtvelt, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Ellermann (77), Lindloh
• Anna Harmsen (64), Twello, gemeente Voorst
• Antonia Bourgonje (86), Epe
• Barbe Adélaïde BOUCHY (54), Luppy (57), France
• Agnes Hubertina Houben (0), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Janssen (68)
• Adriana van Muijlwijk (59), Gorinchem, Nederland
• Adriana van Falier (3), Stratum
• Barbara DE GRAEVE (84), Klerken
• Arnoldus Emanuel VANDENBOUHEDE, Mariakerke (Oostende), West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)

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 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on July 8, 1885 was about 26.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.