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• Adriana Pieternella de Ruiter, Oost en West Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus Martinus Dolkens, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anje Laning, Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Alexandrina Gordon, Sidhoardjo, Soerabaja, Oost-Indië († 1959)
• Anna Lolles (Antje) Nauta
• Adrianus Lagraauw, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannes de Groot, Velsen, prov. Noord Holland († 1906)
• Albertha Gerdina Geels, Raalte († 1966)
• Aimé EGGERMONT, Deerlijk, West Vlaanderen, België
• Leendert Duijzer, Sint Annaland († 1940)

• Alice Jane DeVaun (35), Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
• Andries Gratama (84), Leeuwarden
• Aaltje Oudman (74), Enkhuizen
• Albertus de Roock (4), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anke Monsma (0), Akkerwoude
• Bartholomeus Roijers (62), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Lankvelt (67), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Amstel (0), Everdingen
• Jebbigje Kastes Jongsma (40), Ooststellingwerf
• Boonstra (0), Suameer

• 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
• 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)
• 1885 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral († 1971)
• 1885 » Milton Avery, American painter († 1965)
• 1886 » G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist († 1975)
• 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
• 1886 » Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist († 1970)
• 1888 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1978)
• 1888 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author († 1977)
• 1894 » Ana María O'Neill, Puerto Rican scholar and activist († 1981)

• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)

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.
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• 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 March 7, 1885 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.