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• Adriana Korteweg, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Alberdina Jacoba de Fockert, Herwijnen, Lingewaal, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Adriana Korteweg, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Wijte, Wogmeer/Hensbroek († 1976)
• Aleida Maria Tap, Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1961)
• Aletta Blaas, Haarlem
• Alberta Voortman, Deventer († 1956)
• * Willemina Loef, Aalst († 1963)
• Albert Maandag, Wichmond, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Boomsluiter, St. Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1896)

• Anje Jager (0), Winschoten
• Adriana Hooijmans (74), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van den Hoorn (5), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha van DIJK (78), Dordrecht
• Anna Maria (Johanna Maria) Coolen (59), Beugen en Rijkevoort
• Abraham Mozes Lewijt (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria VROOMEN (48), Aachen (D)
• Barendina Bakker (0), Hoorn
• Barend Diederik Badenbroek, Semarang, Ned. Indië
• Abraham Moses Lewijt (57), Amsterdam

• 1870 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia († 1891)
• 1871 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

• 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 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on August 30, 1885 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.