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• Anna Louisa Le Roux, Carnarvon, Cape Province, South Africa
• Allegonda Johanna ( Gonda) Van Haasteren, Delfshaven († 1962)
• Andries van den Goor, Sevenum († 1892)
• Adelange CORNEZ, Frameries, 7080, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Anna Maria Cnaepkens, Rijkevorsel, België
• Allegonda Johanna van Haasteren, Rotterdam Delfshaven
• Abraham Johannes Bollee, Gorinchem
• Aaltje van Leeuwen, Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Anna van Pelt, Heerjansdam († 1885)
• Adrianus Jacobus Vermeer, Tilburg

• Antonia van Aarnem (49), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Steffens (62), Velp, Nederland
• de Waard (0), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• "Karl" Engelbert Kaspar von Weitershausen (54), Heppenheim, Allemagne
• Catharina Aarts (70), Steenbergem
• Antonia van ARNHEM (49), Nieuwkoop
• Anna Vink (41), Velsen
• Catharina Barhorst (2), Koogerveld (Texel), Nederland
• Antonia Albertina Adriana Trouwborst (2), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Theodorus Leonardus Daalen van (50), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)

• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)

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.
• January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• 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 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

The temperature on May 5, 1885 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.