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• Adriana Boer, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Aartje Wijngaarden van, Waarder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Aaltje Liezen, Beerzerveld († 1975)
• Adriana Boer, Capelle († 1898)
• Aafje ten Hoope, Hoorn († 1974)
• Adriana Maria Mosmans, rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Franscisca Dortu (Dorta), Schaesberg
• Aaltje Buter, Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Geertruida Wielders, Tiel
• Alfred Aaron Goff, Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England († 1955)

• Anna Margarita Vosters (55), Turnhout
• Adolphus Franciscus juchtmans (32), Diest (B)
• Adriana Renkens (69), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Westdijk (0), Oude-Tonge
• Anna Catharina Godtschalckx (72), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria van der Meer (60), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Sieuwerts Baar- (4), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schepers (2), Bocholtz
• Antje Imkelina Pool- (4), Zuidbroek, Nederland
• Ann (Anne) Wolley (82), Matlock, Derbyshire, England

• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)
• 1886 » Spring Byington, American actress († 1971)
• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)
• 1890 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer († 1928)
• 1892 » Theodor Eicke, German SS general († 1943)

• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
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.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on October 17, 1885 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.