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• Adrianus van der Eijk, Kethel en Spaland († 1886)
• Amalia Sophia Bijleveld, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Aaltje Teunissen, Woerden
• Adela Beliën († 1955)
• ADRIANUS MAAT, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Joris Cool, Haasdonk, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1962)
• Alie Koopman († 1974)
• Teunis Oosterom, IJsselstein
• antonette seitner, amsterdam († 1974)
• Adrianus Leonardus Maria Wiewel, Amsterdam-Noord-Holland-Nederland († 1965)

• Augustinus DE RIDDER, Haasdonk
• Antonius Josephus Hubertus van der Vaart (79)
• Arend Bruins (3), Finsterwolde, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Arent Cornelis Janssen (2), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Waal (70), Opmeer
• Albert Boer (40), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allegonda Sibilla Hubertina Moors (24), Roermond
• Aganetha Driedger (61), Nikkeltown, Woodson County, Kansas
• Antonia Rutten (4), Groesbeek
• Abram Arps, Kralingen

• 1882 » Ernestas Galvanauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician († 1967)
• 1883 » Edwin August, American actor and director († 1964)
• 1883 » Tony Gaudio, Italian American cinematographer († 1951)
• 1884 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » George Holley, English footballer († 1942)
• 1885 » Kaarlo Vasama, Finnish gymnast († 1926)
• 1886 » Alexandre Stavisky, French financier and embezzler († 1934)
• 1886 » Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1886 » Robert Hunter, American golfer († 1971)
• 1887 » Jean Ducret, French footballer

• 1864 » Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
• 1866 » Otto Karl Berg, German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1880 » Léon Cogniet, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1882 » Henry Draper, American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837)
• 1886 » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1903 » Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier
• 1908 » Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor (b. 1829)

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 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

The temperature on November 20, 1885 was about -2.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.