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• Albert de Graaf, Heerde (buurtschap de Werven) († 1975)
• Adrianus Sloesarwij, Kockengen († 1970)
• Adriana Schuurmans, Heeswijk († 1886)
• Anthonius Gerardus Maria Drieman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adriana BURGGRAAFF, Dordrecht
• Agnes Ella Freeman, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, United States († 1954)
• Aleida van der Lende, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1966)
• , Borne, Niederlande († 1961)
• Anna Elisabeth van Soest, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Berendina DRIEVER, Gendringen, Oude IJsselstreek (NL) († 1885)

• Anna Catharina Donath (75), Amersfoort
• Arnoldus Overes (0), Aarlanderveen
• Marie Lagauche (87), Delft
• Aart Leendert Buijtendijk (51), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Bots (46), Valkenswaard, Nederland
• Antje Klaasdr van Tiel (72), Oudorp, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Bots (46), Valkenswaard
• Adriana Maria Anna van Driel (70), Oud-Beijerland,Gemeente Oud-Beijerland,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Vermeer (0), Udenhout
• Antonia Nierop (50), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1877 » Lewis Terman, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic († 1956)
• 1878 » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer († 1941)
• 1879 » Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright († 1961)
• 1882 » Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer († 1941)
• 1885 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1885 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author († 1973)
• 1890 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1891 » Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator († 1938)
• 1891 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player († 1920)
• 1893 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor († 1951)

• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)

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.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• 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.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on January 15, 1885 was about 0.4 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.