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• Albertus Marian Dijkhuis, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 1887)
• De Schryver, Bornem († 1885)
• Adrianus Bernardus Johannes Simonis, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriana van der Veldt, Sloten, ZUI, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriana Cornelia Gerarda Bouwmeester, Utrecht († 1957)
• Aaltje de Jager, Kampen, Ov, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Meulman, Varsen, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1972)
• Gijsbrechts Maria Elisabeth, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Adriaan van Loon, Terheijden
• Alexander Kentie, Kralingen, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1977)

• Andreas Bevers (68), Losser
• Anna Maria Sanders (60), Appleton, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana de Priester (66), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• De Schryver (0), Bornem
• Adriana Visser (49), Schoonhoven
• Amelia Vercaigne (56), Langemarkt
• Albert Klein (60), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia van Gastel (77), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adriana Johanna Nicolai (15), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (76), Vaassen, Nederland

• 1879 » Carl Ramsauer, German physicist and author († 1955)
• 1879 » Edwin Samuel Montagu, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1924)
• 1879 » Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland († 1937)
• 1879 » Othon Friesz, French painter († 1949)
• 1880 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna († 1931)
• 1884 » Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar († 1974)
• 1887 » Josef Frings, German cardinal († 1978)
• 1890 » James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales († 1957)
• 1890 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician († 1988)
• 1892 » Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general († 1984)

• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
• 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)

• 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• 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.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

The temperature on February 6, 1885 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.