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• Ágnes Szabó, Biharnagybajom, Hajdu-Bihar, Hungary
• Alice Constantia Cornelis, Meirelbeke,België
• Annigje Dekker, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland († 1935)
• Adriana Sijke van Dokkum, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Adriaan Johannes Konings, Raamsdonk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Alje Buiter, Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
• de Groot, Rotterdam († 1885)
• Anna Maria Heijne, Oosthuizen NH NL
• Anna Aalbers, Zwollerkerspel († 1951)
• Andrea Petronella Dohmen, Dodewaard († 1935)

• Adrianus van der Meer (54), Naaldwijk
• Amelia Jacobs Buining (76), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• "Louise" Marie de Woelmont (63), Bruxelles
• Adrianus Everardus van Daalen (5), Rhenen
• Antonetta Everdina van Eimeren (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus of Arie van der Meer (54), Naaldwijk, Zuid Holland
• Alida Gouwenberg (58), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia De Vaere (73), Pittem,8740,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Alijda Westerveld (82), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Bats (78), Lochem

• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1885 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines († 1946)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)

• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)

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.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on November 8, 1885 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.