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• "Charles" Francis Théodore Decker, Vannes, Morbihan, France († 1975)
• Anna maria Barbara Mathilda Frijns, maastricht
• * Peter Lakerveld, Tienhoven († 1937)
• Allegonda Strutjens, Well,Limburg,Nederland
• Adolphe Delmée, Ath (Henegouwen) († 1925)
• Adriana Verbrugge, Vlaardingen
• Anje Smit, Farmsum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1968)
• Anna Elisabeth van Lier, Culemborg (Gld) Nederland
• Amélie Josephine Zimmer, Moresnet, België († 1968)
• Adrianus Bouwmeester, Rotterdam

• Anna Wendelina Swaagman (56)
• Antoon Nicola * (0), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Christiaan (Bastiaan) Grootenboer (75), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Lorenzo Lacombe (1), L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
• Antje Groen (6), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Leonardus Heideman (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Catherine Josèphe DEROUBAIX (83), Forest (Ht.),, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aaltje Abrahams Sempel (42), Utrecht
• Arie Vermeulen (0), Charlois
• Aafke Folkerts van Dijk (27), Wouterswoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1871 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar († 1929)
• 1872 » Haakon VII of Norway († 1957)
• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)
• 1890 » Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club († 1974)
• 1894 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1951)
• 1895 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician († 1942)
• 1896 » Ralph Horween, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)
• 1900 » Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist († 1945)

• 1857 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)

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.
• March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on August 3, 1885 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.