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• Adrianus van der Reijken, Delft († 1886)
• Albert Groot Wassink, Linde (Vorden)
• Anna Elisabeth Hardies, Herentals, Belgium
• (Mort-Né) FLAHAUT, Cauchy-à-la-Tour,62260,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1885)
• Alvina P. Bohn († 1915)
• Aafke Zuidema, Uithuizermeeden († 1888)
• Anthonie Johannes van der Blink, Oostvoorne († 1886)
• Adam Reding, St Joseph, Kossuth, Iowa, United States († 1955)
• Adrianus Jacobus Westers († 1885)
• Adrianus Vermeeren, Ginneken en Bavel († 1947)

• (Mort-Né) FLAHAUT (0), Cauchy-à-la-Tour,62260,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Adriana van Ginneke (30), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Tuller (0), Harfsen
• Albertus Kruissink (76), Deventer
• Anna Herben (89), Maastricht
• Afitha Iburg (41), Dordrecht
• Albartus Kruissink (76), Deventer
• Albert Jacob Ras (2), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Afitha IBURG (41), Dordrecht
• Abigail Leuty (77), Falmouth Cornwall England

• 1875 » Dr. Atl, Mexican painter († 1964)
• 1879 » Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer († 1938)
• 1882 » A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist († 1970)
• 1886 » Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic († 1914)
• 1888 » Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter († 1943)
• 1889 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1890 » Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, President of Mexico 1928-1930 († 1978)
• 1894 » Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco († 1982)
• 1894 » Walter Warlimont, German general († 1976)

• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)

• 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 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning 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.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on October 3, 1885 was about 11.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.