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• Alida Haverkate, Hengelo-Woolde († 1885)
• Adrianus Lambregts, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1896)
• Anna Maria Paulina Corstiaensen, Standdaarbuiten († 1974)
• Anna Maria Schreurs, Neer, Limburg, Netherlands († 1968)
• Adriana Elisabeth Witte, Bussum († 1954)
• Aaltje Boertien, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen († 1973)
• Albertus Marinus Johannes Petrus Zijlmans, Kruiningen
• Anna Maria Keldermans, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1938)
• Alida Gerdina Maria Watts, OFS, South Africa († 1960)
• Aaltje Hogeboom, Olst († 1888)

• Aaltje Elisabeth Lastdrager (86), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Arie Jansz LAGESTEE (74), Strijen
• Anna Adriana Everdina Henrietta Ampt (53), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Alexander de Marie (1), Utrecht
• Albertine Cornelia Jaenette van der Vliet (74), Loenen
• Antonia Nederberg Saton (76), Schoonhoven
• Aaltje van Huijk (73), Hoogland, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antje van Huik (73), Hoogland
• Andrew Broaddus Estes (53)
• Middelveld (0), Achterdijk (Ruinen)

• 1876 » Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England († 1947)
• 1879 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War († 1943)
• 1879 » William Beveridge, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic († 1963)
• 1880 » Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic († 1968)
• 1882 » Dora Marsden, English author and activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Pauline Sperry, American mathematician († 1967)
• 1885 » Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic († 1969)
• 1886 » Dong Biwu, Chinese judge and politician, Chairman of the People's Republic of China († 1975)
• 1886 » Freddie Welsh, Welsh boxer († 1927)
• 1887 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer († 1959)

• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)

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.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• 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.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on March 5, 1885 was about 5.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.