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• Albert de Jonge, Buinerveen (Borger) († 1885)
• Aaltje Rorije, Heerde (buurtschap Assendorp)
• Adrianus Duquesnoij, Besoijen, Nederland († 1956)
• Ann de Haan, Rotterdam († 1953)
• Post, Ede († 1885)
• van der Tuuk, Hoornderveen, Wedde († 1885)
• Adrianus Fens, Made en Drimmelen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1887)
• Aleida Riechers, IJsselmuiden
• Anna de Haan, rotterdam, Nederland († 1953)
• Aldegonda Gertrudis Hubertina Mestrom, Maasbracht († 1961)

• Antonius Franciscus Maria van den Hout (2), Tilburg, Nederland
• van der Tuuk (0), Hoornderveen, Wedde
• Arnoldus Geisterfer (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Tjipjes (2), Assendelft NH NL
• Anna (Johanna) van der Neut (82), Boskoop
• Bernardina van Amstel (70), Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Tjipjes (2), Assendelft, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Voerman (81), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham AALDERS (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Latham (84), London

• 1876 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland († 1921)
• 1878 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect († 1944)
• 1879 » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1881 » Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist († 1965)
• 1882 » Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1962)
• 1883 » Arthur Borton, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1933)
• 1885 » Dorothea Mackellar, Australian author and poet († 1968)
• 1887 » Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar († 1981)
• 1892 » James M. Cain, American author and journalist († 1977)
• 1892 » László Lajtha, Hungarian composer and conductor († 1963)

• 1839 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1863 » John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820)
• 1884 » Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
• 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
• 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)

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.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on July 1, 1885 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.