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• Andries Nannes (Andrew DeYoung) de Jong, Lioessens
• Aletta Cornelia Countess Schimmelpenninck, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1913)
• Adriana Maria Sturkenboom, Houten, Nederland († 1885)
• Andries (Andrew) de Jong (DeYoung), Lioessens, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Hubertina Hermans, Horst, America († 1940)
• * Jana Pompen, Maasdriel († 1918)
• Addie Gertrude Arrington, Ashley, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1914)
• Anna Dykstra, Iowa, United States
• Valk, Utrecht († 1885)
• Adrianus Martinus Ligtenberg, Dongen († 1969)

• Angelina Laenen (76), Neerpelt
• Abraham Standhardt * (1), Steenwijk
• (26), Lichtervelde, Belgium
• Adriaan ( Adrianus) Wouts (57), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Byars (80), Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Alida Peek (7), Zeist
• Andreas Janssen (78), Arnhem
• "Wilhelmina" Gerritje Gerritje (83), Wijchen, NL
• Adriaan Wouts (57), Wouw
• Aagje van Dijk (0), Watergraafsmeer

• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1970)
• 1890 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1893 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist († 1978)
• 1893 » Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet († 1918)

• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on March 18, 1885 was about 8.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.