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• Andries Huvenaars, Zeeland († 1885)
• , Alkmaar
• Anne Marie FREDERICK, Liège (Wandre),4020,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1952)
• Álvaro da Silva Lima Pereira, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
• Adriana Margaretha van der Lans, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Aleida Marghareta Schenk († 1945)
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Klingers, Haarlem († 1952)
• Alfons VAN BELLEGHEM, Stekene,9190,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1962)
• Anna Catharina Scherpen, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1894)
• Anna Schaafsma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• Koopman (0), Holten
• Anna Vermeulen (73), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Koning (45), Graauw en Langendam
• Aaltje Schurink (0), Wijhe
• Anna Maria Derijck (1), Grave
• Amanda Elizabeth Parker (32), Georgia, United States
• Aaltje Klaasdochter MOLENAAR (82), Huizen (Noord-Holland)
• de Witte, Terneuzen
• Alida Maria van Leeuwen (32), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Abraham Volkertsz Visser (67), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1874 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1875 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist († 1967)
• 1877 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited († 1910)
• 1877 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1963)
• 1878 » Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general († 1928)
• 1884 » Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition († 1963)
• 1884 » Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, 16th President of the French Republic († 1966)
• 1886 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer († 1979)
• 1890 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter († 1976)
• 1895 » Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian († 1981)

• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• 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.
• 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 United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

The temperature on August 27, 1885 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.