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• Adrianus Hubertus Vincetius Geheniau, Echt († 1940)
• Alewijn Gerard Huisman, Westzaan († 1911)
• Abraham van der Ent, Rhoon, Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1885)
• Albert Allen Huffman, Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, United States († 1890)
• Adriana Hermana Josephina Maria HOEFNAGELS, Neerbosch, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• (1) Heinrich Carl Friedrich Marinus Bellwinkel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1937)
• Aldegonda Lemmen, Helden, Limburg, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus Breugom, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Albertha Bakker, Lincoln County, South Dakota († 1978)
• Aaltje Renting, Erm (Sleen) († 1886)

• Albert Jan Kluin (0)
• Adriana Hattem van (79), Puttershoek
• Aaltje Vergeer (77), Ter Aar, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Elbertsen (86), Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Elbers (86), Bunschoten
• ANNIGJE CORNELIA VAN DUIVENDIJK (35), PAPENDRECHT
• Aart de Bruin (0), Zaltbommel, Netherlands
• Aaltje elberts van den Burg (85), Bunschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Vergeer (77), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hoogendijk (27), Bodegraven

• 1882 » Natalia Sedova, 2nd wife of Leon Trotsky († 1962)
• 1882 » Song Jiaoren, Chinese revolutionary († 1913)
• 1883 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1950)
• 1884 » Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova († 1940)
• 1885 » Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer († 1978)
• 1886 » Frederick Lindemann, British physicist († 1957)
• 1886 » Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist († 1933)
• 1886 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru († 1933)
• 1887 » William Cowhig, British gymnast († 1964)
• 1889 » Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist († 1981)

• 1868 » Karel Purkyně, Czech painter (b. 1834)
• 1871 » Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (b. 1798)
• 1872 » Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier, French astronomer (b. 1812)
• 1873 » Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)

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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

The temperature on April 5, 1885 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.