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• Angenieta van Dijk, Lienden, Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) BOSMA, Wymbritseradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1885)
• Aafje van Egmond, Beverwijk († 1968)
• Alfred Alexander Rudman, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa († 1960)
• Adriana Pekelharing, Haarlem
• Aloijsius Cornelius Donders, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1940)
• Albertha Maria Knippers, Utrecht zie Utrecht-Utrecht
• Adriana Louisa Maria Lurmans, Eindhoven, N-B, NL († 1939)
• Aaldert Oost, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Aloijsius Cornelius Donders, Tilburg († 1940)

• Adriana de Leeuw (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Kunneman (37), Abcoude-Proostdij
• Adriana Van Brenk (46), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Samson (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Heuvelen (22), Groningen
• (0), Tilburg, Nederland
• Abel Nap (0), Nieuwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Steen (68), Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Kunst (44), Oudorp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adelaide Wallace Johnson (68), Woburn, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten

• 1878 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author († 1956)
• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)
• 1882 » Albert Bloch, American painter and academic († 1961)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)
• 1884 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela († 1969)
• 1886 » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1961)
• 1887 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician († 1960)
• 1889 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress († 1929)
• 1891 » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1891 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian († 1971)

• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)

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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on August 2, 1885 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.