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• Raman, Laarne († 1885)
• Anna Maria(Marij) Steen van der, Budel († 1962)
• Anna Maria Kramer, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• "Elisabeth" Marie Jeanne Victorine d'Anthenaise, La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur, Loire-Atlantique, France († 1982)
• Alverna Jennie "Verna" Detwiler, Salemville, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1969)
• Anna Hazekamp, Hoogkerk († 1948)
• Romein, de lier (zuid holland)
• Alida Maria Veenenbos, rotterdam, Nederland († 1904)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmus, Maastricht († 1924)
• Albert Lewis Lyon, Huron, Beadle, Sd

• Anna Marie Pessemier (32), Gouda, Nederland
• Antje Neleman (67), Maasland
• Annis Lovin (83), Attala, Mississippi, United States
• Lenting (0), Braamt, GLD NL
• Adriana Janse PRONK (81), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Adriana Pronk (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Harms Doornbos (68), Appingedam, Tjamsweer
• Arnold Gerard Schrumpf (0), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pirinoli (64), Craveggia, 28852, Italia
• Arend Teijes Lasker (74), Dragten (Smallingerland)

• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)
• 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
• 1884 » Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor († 1917)
• 1885 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist († 1977)
• 1888 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot († 1918)
• 1888 » Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector († 1964)
• 1892 » Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire († 1989)
• 1893 » William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author († 1947)
• 1895 » Richard Barthelmess, American actor († 1963)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on May 9, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.