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• Aalbertus Ruttenberg, Ede († 1936)
• .N Koppenol, Rotterdam († 1885)
• Albert Praasterink, Mr. Cornelis, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adrianus Dierks, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1896)
• Aartje Henriette Cornelia ten Bosch, Geertruidenberg,Gemeente Geertruidenberg,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Alphonss Jacobus Hubert Leenen, Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida JONGEWAARD, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Albert Snijders, Hardenberg († 1961)
• * Jacobus Petrus van Duuren, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1951)
• Alida van Bosse, Batavia

• (77), Meppel
• Anke Reinders van der Schaaf (23), Baarderadeel
• Abraham Schoe (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• adriana KOOIJMAN (52), oud-beijerland
• Antje Lieuwesd Ponne (65), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Anna Hermina Fintelman (22), Wageningen
• Allegonda Verwegen (55), Uden, NB, Nederland
• Antje Ponne (65), Amsterdam, 1000, Noord-Holland, Nl
• Aaltje Eikelenboom (0), Aarlanderveen, 2445, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Schuurbeque Boeye (48), Zutphen,Gemeente Zutphen,Gelderland,Netherlands

• 1873 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic († 1948)
• 1873 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician († 1936)
• 1881 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1886 » Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman († 1974)
• 1888 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1888 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic († 1980)
• 1890 » Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1890 » Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer († 1958)
• 1891 » Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper († 1971)
• 1894 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia († 1978)

• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)

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.
• January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on December 20, 1885 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.