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• Adrianus Barend Wijchers, AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Albert Bowers, Wooster City, Wayne, Ohio († 1920)
• Adriaan Filip Oxenaar, Salatiga(NOI)
• Adriaantje Dubbelman († 1906)
• Adriana Geertruida Solleveld, Monster († 1885)
• Albert van Loo, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1934)
• Aaltje Schuitemaker, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Johannes Ammerlaan, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriaan Kaland, Westkapelle († 1968)
• Adriana de Bes, IJsselmonde († 1953)

• Arie Chiel Arense de Ruijter (68), Scheveningen
• Adriana van Bakel (80), Budel
• Aleida Krikhaar (71), Geesteren
• Adriana Hendrika Jager (6), Kesteren
• Adriana Elisabeth AMBAGTSHEER (71), Sloten,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Peerboom (46), Margraten (Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia Koster (1), Noordwijkerhout, Langeveld 261
• Antonia Smorenburg (68), Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aebele Annes Monsma (66), Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexandrine Marie (86), Orléans, Loiret, France

• 1880 » Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1885 » Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)
• 1885 » Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater († 1962)
• 1887 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic († 1968)
• 1887 » François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
• 1887 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot († 1947)
• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)

• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)

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 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on January 26, 1885 was about -7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.