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• Aaltje den Breejen, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Albert GOUBLE, Lannoy, 59332, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1965)
• Anna Catharina Dieters, Odoorn, Netherlands
• Aaltje Boukema, Holwierde (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Aaltje de Breejen, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 1980)
• Abraham Johannes Marinus Starrenburg, Leiden († 1910)
• Alice Jarsma, Michigan, United States of America († 1965)
• Abeltje Klasina DE BOER, Pieterzijl Groningen Netherlands († 1974)
• Anna Elisabeth Gesthuizen, Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana Zoet, Ophemert († 1972)

• Adriaantje Klomp (84), Rijnsburg
• (Stillbirth) GROENDIJK (0), 't Zandt
• Albertje Zwaan (3), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Anna Theresa Pauwels (92), Woumen
• Annetje van Buuren (40), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaron Abraham Cohen Belinfante (79), Amsterdam Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Veenker (0), Bersede, Haren (Ems)
• Anna Margaretha Hubertina Dautzenberg (45), Schaesberg, Landgraaf
• Anna Berendina Driever (0), Oer., Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Brouwer (41), Hilversum

• 1877 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist († 1937)
• 1877 » May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator († 1969)
• 1880 » Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer († 1960)
• 1881 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1881 » Harry Price, English psychologist and author († 1948)
• 1882 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor († 1946)
• 1883 » Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright († 1972)
• 1886 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company († 1955)
• 1887 » Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist († 1975)
• 1888 » Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author († 1963)

• 1863 » Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
• 1869 » Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)

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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on January 17, 1885 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.