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• Adriana van Nunen, Terheijden, Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1957)
• Adriana Breddels, Herwijnen (West Betuwe), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje Zaal, Ouder-Amstel {NH}
• Jurgens, Schiedam († 1885)
• Adrianus van den Berg, Boxtel († 1887)
• Adrianus Hendriksz Oudhuis, Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Cornelia Sturm, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1968)
• Adrianus Jongmans, Oudenbosch († 1954)
• Adriana de Nooijer, Arnemuiden, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Rosendal, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1962)

• Adriana van Creij (65), Rosmalen, NL
• Bernard Maasse van den Brink (3), Almelo, Stad
• Adrianus SEGERS (71), Wortel,2323,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Alberti (76), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Anna Maria Blaauwgeerts (77), Slagharen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anneke Vaartjes (75), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andrew M. Patton (1), Springfield, Clark Co. Ohio
• Alexander Isidore Emile Joseph Jullien (83), Brugge West-Vlaanderen
• Adrianus van den Berg (0), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbert van Dijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)
• 1900 » Marie Bell, French actress and stage director († 1985)
• 1900 » Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian († 2014)
• 1900 » Otto Soglow, American cartoonist († 1975)
• 1902 » Norman Maclean, American author and academic († 1990)

• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

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 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on December 23, 1885 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.