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• Adrianus GERLACH, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Vermaat, Charlois, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Aalbertus Keijl, Hattem, Nederland
• Andrea Drenth, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1886)
• Albert Raven, polder Waalenburg
• Aaltje Franses de Boer, Hitzum, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• Adrianus Petrus VAN DUN, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1966)
• Akke Jorritsma, Nijland, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Albert Reuvekamp, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1956)
• Abraham Nijhuis, Hengelo († 1931)

• Adrianus Jacobus Kok (3), Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria De Cort (59), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Charles Marcus Leopold van de BOR (0), Dordrecht
• Bernardus Schoe (40), Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Antonius van den Booren (1), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Fooij (1), Den Helder
• Bontje Jans Meintema (28), Friens, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van den Akker (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha van den Velden (78), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Aaltjen Brem (51), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1876 » John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1879 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1956)
• 1879 » Max Schreck, German actor († 1936)
• 1885 » Otto Kruger, American actor († 1974)
• 1888 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1969)
• 1889 » Louis Silvers, American composer († 1954)
• 1890 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer († 1960)
• 1892 » Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1893 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot († 1958)
• 1899 » Billy Rose, American composer and manager († 1966)

• 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)

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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• 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.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on September 6, 1885 was about 16.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.