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• Aleida Hendrika Oudbier, Apeldoorn
• Aafke Venema, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland († 1885)
• Adrianus Franciscus Govaerts, Turnhout
• Aleida Hendrika Oudbier, Apeldoorn-Beekbergen († 1885)
• Aafje Groenewoud, Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Galekop, Aalsmeer († 1950)
• van Laarhoven, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella van den Hoek, Tilburg († 1961)
• Aaltje Schut, Zeumeren (Barneveld)
• Alma Potentia Karlsson (född Johansdotter), Fagered, N, Sweden († 1953)

• Anna Maria Caris (1), Nederweert
• Alida van Raan (70), Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Lahuis (60), Steenwijksmoer, gem. Coevorden, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Hoorn (0), Assendelft NH NL
• Adriana Wilhelmina van NIEL (66), Veur, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Louise Cavenne (73), Versailles, Yvelines, France
• Aaltje Pieters (5), Hollandscheveld
• Baukje Riemersma (0), Smallingerland,Friesland,Niederlande,Drachten
• Anna Maria Caris (1), Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerlofs Katoen

• 1879 » Francis Picabia, French painter and poet († 1953)
• 1880 » Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player († 1920)
• 1880 » Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1956)
• 1881 » Ira Thomas, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1886 » John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1961)
• 1887 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author († 1972)
• 1889 » Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager († 1979)
• 1889 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist († 1935)
• 1890 » Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States († 1953)
• 1891 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician († 1937)

• 1850 » Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)
• 1879 » Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)
• 1892 » Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
• 1900 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1901 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)

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 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 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on January 22, 1885 was about -4.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.