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• Adriana ROBBEMOND, Dubbeldam
• Adriaan van Loon, Terheijden
• Alberta van den Brink, Amersfoort zie Utrecht-Amersfoort
• Albertus Hendrikus Sonneveld, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriana Cornelia Gerarda Bouwmeester, Utrecht († 1957)
• Albert de Vries, Hasselt († 1885)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Veen, Rotterdam
• Anna Mulder, Heerenveen,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1913)
• Alfred Joseph DURINGER, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Diks, Batavia, West-Java

• Aaltje Annes de Vries (17), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Feikes (87), Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde)
• Antoon Joseph Vreuls (0), Kerkrade (L
• Adriana Barnhard (58), Heerjansdam, Nederland
• Adriana Barnhart (59), ,,, Heerjansdam
• Alberdina Mast (3), Kloosterveen (Smilde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Visser (49), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia Jacoba Sassen (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Luijben (34), Herpt
• Stiphout (0), Merselo, Li.NL

• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
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 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 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• 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.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

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%.