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• Alice Mathilde De Jaeger, Gentbrugge († 1955)
• Albert ten Kate, Dedemsvaart, Hardenberg,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1918)
• Andrae Hauskins, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa († 1969)
• Albert ten Kate, Dedemsvaart {OV} (Hardenberg Ambt) († 1918)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Levarht, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 1885)
• Anna Christina Meijer, Rotterdam
• Aaltina Niemeijer, Gieten, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1930)
• Alexandre Baade, Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg) († 1886)
• Albert Steenbergen, norg († 1923)
• Aleida Frederika Maria Oortwijn, Luttenberg († 1969)

• Anson Stewardson (15), Forest, Ontario, Canada
• Anna van Dijk (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Jans Smit (32), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• CATHARINA PESANT (49), KETHEL EN SPALAND
• Anna Bouwmeester (0), Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Alphonsus Vandersmissen (1), Rummen, België
• Antje Bodzinga (1)
• Christina Elisabeth van Gent (33), Arnhem
• Arisje van Leeuwen (0), Bodegraven {ZH}
• catharina PESANT (49), kethel

• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)
• 1887 » Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1892 » Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician († 1951)
• 1892 » Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician († 1934)
• 1892 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author († 1968)
• 1892 » Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter († 1968)
• 1894 » Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author († 1956)

• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)

• 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.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• 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 May 31, 1885 was about 12.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.