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• Adriana HEIJSTEK, Almkerk († 1963)
• Adriana IIII Heijstek, Almkerk
• Albert Gerbens van Tuinen, St Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana van Dongen, Haarlemmermeer († 1886)
• Alida Johanna Mallan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1962)
• Anna Christina van Zantwijk, Utrecht,-
• Albert Wijnholds, Valtherveen, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana van Dongen, Haarlemmermeer († 1886)
• Antje Martens Castelein, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• Adriana Maria van der Tuijn, Schiedam,- († 1916)

• Albert Joachim comte d'Ursel (0), Ormeignies, Ath, Hainaut (Belgique)
• Anna Maria Piggen (62), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Krijnen (30), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Arend Boerma (78), Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands(Eexterveenschekanaal)
• Albert R. Eberhart (24), St. Joseph County, Indiana, VS
• Janke Klazes Politiek (64), Aengwirden
• Anna Margaretha Hermans (78), Voerendaal
• Aaltje van Bokhorst (57), Kockengen
• Antje Robbemond (29), Dubbeldam
• Albert Maria Joseph Lodewijk van Ursel (0), Ormeignies, Henegouwen

• 1879 » Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player († 1965)
• 1879 » Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1879 » Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 1970)
• 1879 » Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright († 1959)
• 1880 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1883 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1884 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India († 1963)
• 1884 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1965)
• 1886 » Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1887 » Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan († 1990)

• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)

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.
• February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

The temperature on December 3, 1885 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.