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• Achiel Cleempoel, Temse, België
• Adriaan Zaaijer, Nieuw-Beijerland
• Anna Clara Croes, Aruba († 1966)
• Aleida Makkinga, Ommen († 1971)
• Alice Amelie Julie Schols, Molenbeek-St. Jean (Brussel)
• Andries Johans Godthelp, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• Amy Eugene Ballard, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States († 1901)
• Adrianus Cornelis Anthonius Drabbe, Delft
• Abraham van Leeuwen, Leiden († 1902)
• Alma Johanna Popma, 's-Gravenhage († 1921)

• Alexander Julius Boreel de Mauregnault (42), Lochem,Gemeente Lochem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Afke Klazes Bijl (0), Doniawerstal, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adolphus Antonius Maria Baert (46), Stekene
• Aagje Kooijman (45), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Christian Aabel (37)
• Adriana Pek (59), Schoonhoven
• Afke Klases Bijl (0), Broek, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Ram (68), Rotterdam
• Albertje Been (1), Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland
• ANTJE MAARS (67), WIERINGEN

• 1878 » Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian († 1967)
• 1881 » Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman († 1961)
• 1883 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach († 1967)
• 1885 » Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company († 1973)
• 1886 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1964)
• 1887 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1890 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1945)
• 1892 » Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer († 1976)
• 1893 » Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot († 1974)
• 1893 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach († 1963)

• 1860 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
• 1864 » Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
• 1872 » William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)

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.
• February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.

The temperature on January 13, 1885 was about -2.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.