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• Alfred Victor van der Loeff, Gent, België
• Annigje van der VLIES, Sliedrecht († 1975)
• Antje Smit, Haarlemmermeer († 1934)
• Aaltje Johanna Kasbergen, Utrecht
• Antje Brouwer, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Wijers, Groesbeek († 1940)
• Anna Antonia Maria Sormani, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Johannes van der Walt, Kokstad
• Adriana Johanna Margaretha Klaverkamp († 1939)
• Adriana Sneekes, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1904)

• Aaltje Mandemaker (13), Amsterdam, Noord Holland
• Agatha Geertruida barones Sloet tot Lindenhorst (71), Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Province of Groningen,Netherlands
• Adrianus Nicols (0), Vlijmen
• Gabriëls (76), Woensdrecht
• Anette Cornelia Jacoba Phaff (0), Maarssen
• Anne Kornelis SINNEMA (1), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Antje van Ophem (45), Medemblik
• Agatha Geertruida Sloet van Lindenhorst (71), Groningen
• Abraham Goudsmit (83), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Hendriks (86), Mill en Sint Hubert

• 1875 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1882 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist († 1944)
• 1883 » Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer († 1970)
• 1886 » Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle († 1947)
• 1887 » Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1892 » George Wilson, English footballer († 1961)
• 1892 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer († 1992)
• 1892 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian († 1984)
• 1894 » Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse († 1917)
• 1896 » John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright († 1970)

• 1867 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 1874 » Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
• 1883 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 » Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)

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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

The temperature on January 14, 1885 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.