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• Anne Marie FREDERICK, Liège (Wandre),4020,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1952)
• Abraham WITTE Wzn, Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Adriaantje Bouwmeester, Steenwijk
• Anna Jeppsson, Östra Sönnarslöv (L) († 1966)
• Alfred John Kirby, Kings Cove Bonavista Bay Newfoundland († 1958)
• Albertus Bernardus Stoltenborg, IJzevoorde (gem. Ambt Doetinchem) († 1945)
• Anna Catharina Scherpen, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1894)
• Adriana Margaretha van der Lans, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Kniest, Kilder, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1885)
• Anthonie Stolk, Gouda Z.H

• Antonius, Philippus Treijtel (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Mes (63), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Philippus Treijtel (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aage Hessel Jaarsma (2), Westermeer, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Vermeulen (73), Huissen Lingewaard Gelderland Nederland
• Koopman (0), Holten
• Antonetta II Hoenderop (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Gulden, Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Angèle Baudry (67), Luçon, 85400, France
• de Witte, Terneuzen

• 1874 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1875 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist († 1967)
• 1877 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited († 1910)
• 1877 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1963)
• 1878 » Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general († 1928)
• 1884 » Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition († 1963)
• 1884 » Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, 16th President of the French Republic († 1966)
• 1886 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer († 1979)
• 1890 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter († 1976)
• 1895 » Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian († 1981)

• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.

The temperature on August 27, 1885 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.