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• Anna Maria van der Aa, Amsterdam († 1955)
• Anje Lalkens, Bierum († 1971)
• adriaantje PREESMAN, heinenoord
• * Petrus Hubertus Henricus # van de Ven
• Albert Emile Storm de Grave, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• ANNA MEPPELINK, COEVORDEN († 1940)
• Adrianus Grootheest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Moes, Gieten, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1885)
• Annigje Wolters, Schoonoord (Sleen)
• Anna Meppelink, Coevorden

• Albert Janssen (57), Groesbeek, NL
• Adriaan Izaak Tellier (0), Groede, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adolf van Amersfoort (78), Beekbergen
• Bernardus Nicolaas Johannes Scholte (1), Delfshaven
• Adriana van MEEL (45), Oud en Nieuw Gastel,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Albertus Antonius Jacobus van Huijgevoort (2), Tilburg
• Arend Wielaard (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus (Albert) Janssen (57), Groesbeek (GLD), Nederland
• IJda Gritter (59), Meppel
• Aaltje Altfeer (58), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands

• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)
• 1880 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter († 1938)
• 1880 » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
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.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on May 6, 1885 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.