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• Aaltje van 't Zelfde, Heerjansdam († 1920)
• Anna Maria Leonia De Laet, HOBOKEN († 1981)
• Aaltje Oostenbrink, Steenwijkerwold († 1887)
• Kramer, Wissenkerke († 1885)
• Anna Elisabeth Jongen, Schaesberg (L († 1885)
• Adrianus van Dalen, Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus Menke, Slochteren-Kolham († 1960)
• Anna de Jong, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Albertus de Vries, Steggerda, Friesland, Nederland († 1930)
• Amelia van Riel, Rijkevorsel, België

• Annetje van Loenen (83), Maasland
• Antonia Maria VAN GESTEL (0), Tilburg,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Antonia Adriana van GESTEL (0), Tilburg (Noord Brabant) (NL)
• Adriaan van de Veerdonk (77)
• Adriana Pieternella Paardekoper (66), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adelbert Van Ysenburg Budingen (46)
• van Klinkenberg (0), Amerongen
• Adelbert von Ysenburg zu Büdingen (46)
• Alyda Smidt (0), 's-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Franciscus Gerardus Veltman (40), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)
• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)
• 1890 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
• 1891 » Marquis James, American journalist and author († 1955)
• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

• 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.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 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.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on August 29, 1885 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.