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• Adriana Vermaas, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Cornelia Dierckx Dirckx, Roosendaal, NL († 1964)
• Anna Catharina Klerks, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1886)
• Anna Elisabeth Bronneberg, Krawinkel († 1885)
• Bartholomeus Hubertus Smits, Waspik († 1904)
• Adriaantje Vos, Rotterdam († 1926)
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• "Irène" Colette Louise Marie Josephine Ghislaine Bosschaert de Bouwel, Anvers, Belgique († 1971)
• Aldegonda Helena Hubertina Saes, Weert († 1917)
• Abe Hoekstra, Terband, Friesland, Nederland

• adrianus cornelis MARIS (67), fijnaart
• Angenita van Zuidwijk (92), Den Haag
• Aaltje Jans Koster (82), Vastenow, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Boshuizen (76), Amersfoort
• Anna Snel (85), Den Helder
• Albertje Truin (11), Gees, Oosterhesselen
• Anke Johannes ten Brink (79), Harich
• Andries Hendrik van der Schaft (71), Utrecht
• Anne Roelofs de Jong (69), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Cornelisze Maris (67), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1882 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop († 1952)
• 1883 » Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1885 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist († 1954)
• 1885 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic († 1944)
• 1885 » St John Philby, English colonial and explorer († 1960)
• 1886 » Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer († 1953)
• 1887 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna († 1956)
• 1887 » Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral († 1966)
• 1888 » Neville Cardus, English author and critic († 1975)

• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)

• 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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• 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 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on April 3, 1885 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.