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• Alphonse Servaas Rozenhout, Oost Eijsden († 1954)
• Alida Tourné, Woerden († 1960)
• Adrianus SCHELLEKENS, Ravels,2381,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Aleid Helvetius van Riemsdijk ten Cate, Buitenzorg, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
• Albert Harmens Jasper, Oosterwierum
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van Apeldoorn, Heerde († 1962)
• Aartje van den Burgt, Bodegraven
• * Jan Knuist, Amsterdam († 1954)
• Prins, Sliedrecht († 1885)
• Albrecht Kok, Achtkarspelen

• Catherina Joseph Davidson (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert BAREVELD (14), Kloosterburen Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje van Wijhe (1), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Kamps (0), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Blijenberg (0), Culemborg(157)
• Catherine Steltz (84), Emerson, Mills, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Kamps (0), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cato Davidson (36), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Adriana Waltera van MOL, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charlotte RICHARD (29), Wasmes,7340,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE

• 1878 » J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian († 1966)
• 1878 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1942)
• 1878 » Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director († 1968)
• 1883 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player († 1934)
• 1884 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist († 1961)
• 1884 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1886 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor († 1957)
• 1886 » Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general († 1957)
• 1887 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet († 1961)
• 1892 » Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts († 1979)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

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 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on September 1, 1885 was about 17.2 °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 52%.