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• Anna Petronella Elisabeth Theodora Verploegh Chassé, Vreeswijk,Gemeente Nieuwegein,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Wilhelmus Johannes Knip, 's-Gravenhage
• Aldegondis Rosalie Ramaekers, Zepperen, België († 1973)
• Anaise Marie Josephe VANBIERVLIET, Zonnebeke,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 1928)
• Antje Pieters Dijkstra († 1978)
• Adriaantje Touw, Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Claassen, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Agnes Maria COX, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina JOOS, Hingene,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Margaretha Lexmond, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)

• Catharina Hendrica Markenhof (3), Houten
• Anette Elise d' Ancona (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Althuis (89), Menaldum
• Anna Maria van der Jagt (71), Well, Bergen
• Catharina Johanna Louisa WILLEMS (8), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allen F. Hudelson (1), Indiana
• Aaltje Jans Althuis (89), Dronrijp
• Christiaan Cornelis Maarsen (8), Aalsmeer
• Anna Elise d'Ancona (68), Amsterdam
• Aleida Stoker (83), Maten,Emmen

• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)
• 1886 » Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army († 1967)
• 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
• 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
• 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)

• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)

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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• 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.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on September 4, 1885 was about 13.4 °C. There was 20 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.