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• Albert Lintermans, Seneffe,7180,Hainaut,BE
• Schröder, Beerta († 1885)
• Alexander Joseph Aloys Anton Maria Vorst Quadt van Wickrath-Isny, Isny, Baden-Württemberg († 1936)
• Alexander von Quadt zu Wickrath († 1936)
• Adolf Wilhelm Beul, 39619 Ardensee, Germany († 1958)
• Adrianus van Winkel, Aarlanderveen († 1885)
• Alijda Constantia Maria SCHILTE, Assen
• Adriaan Melse, Middelburg
• Adrianus Duijts († 1924)
• Alice Pauline Henriette Marie van de Loo, Venlo,Gemeente Venlo,Limburg,Netherlands

• Aaltje Booij (27), Oudehaske, Friesland, Nederland
• ANNIGJE HOOGENDIJK (44), SCHIEBROEK
• Adriana Alida Hartingsveld van (69), Hellevoetsluis
• Anna Angela Bernsen (5)
• Antonia Schimmel (42), Bussum (Gooise Meren)
• Anna (Nancy) Oberholtzer Alderfer (78), Harleysville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvana
• Adriana Thijsen (5), Woensdrecht
• Aafje Tijmes (73), Avereest, NL-OV
• Andries Christiaan van Veenendaal (11), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Meijer (4), Utrecht

• 1875 » Dave Hall, American runner († 1972)
• 1881 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher († 1955)
• 1884 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet († 1922)
• 1885 » Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter († 1973)
• 1887 » Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan († 1983)
• 1890 » Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
• 1891 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America († 1988)
• 1895 » May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director († 1968)
• 1895 » Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD († 1940)

• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

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.
• 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.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on May 1, 1885 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.