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• Adriana Petronella Rikkers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Aaltje Albers, Brummen
• , Schiedam († 1885)
• Adriana Deijkers, Standdaarbuiten, Nederland († 1926)
• Adrianus van Minderhout († 1901)
• (Overleden bij geboorte) van Foreest (van Fooreest), Heiloo, Nederland († 1885)
• Allegonda (Da) Uijttewaal, Schalkwijk, Houten († 1965)
• Adrianus van Minderhout, Zevenbergen († 1901)
• Anna VERSCHOOR, Ridderkerk († 1932)
• Adriana Cornelia van den Broek, Chaam († 1888)

• Adriaan van Luijk (31), Goes Nederland
• Albert Teunis (52), Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Ringoot (84), Lebbeke
• Albert Alberts Beuling (68), Westdorp, Nederland
• Adriaan Hamers (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• A.J. de Vries (53), Paramaribo
• Anna Maria Katharina Lau la (66), Rijswijk
• (Overleden bij geboorte) van Foreest (van Fooreest) (0), Heiloo, Nederland
• Anna Geertje Garrer (63), Zoeterwoude
• Albert Beuling (68), Westdorp (Borger)

• 1876 » C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author († 1938)
• 1876 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta († 1934)
• 1883 » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor († 1950)
• 1885 » Elinor Wylie, American author and poet († 1928)
• 1887 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic († 1964)
• 1892 » Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence († 1974)
• 1892 » Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer († 1958)
• 1893 » Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War († 1957)
• 1894 » George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer († 1984)
• 1894 » Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster († 1969)

• 1871 » Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. 1826)
• 1871 » Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha, Ottoman politician, 217th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842)
• 1891 » Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820)
• 1892 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (b. 1807)
• 1893 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808)
• 1907 » Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1910 » William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (b. 1827)
• 1920 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856)

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.
• January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on September 7, 1885 was about 13.9 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.