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• Adriana Maria Verburgt, Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL († 1935)
• Akke Klazes Beenen, Tjalleberd, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland († 1976)
• van Helden, hendrik-ido-ambacht (zuid holland)
• Albert Folkert Cornelis HAAKMAN, Nieuwer-Amstel (Amstelveen) Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Albert Liefers, Wijhe (gem. Olst-Wijhe) († 1927)
• Adrianus Petrus Antonius Leeuwen van, Tilburg († 1951)
• Adrianus (1) van Zundert, Etten-Leur († 1936)
• Alzira da Silva, Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1975)
• Akke Beenen, Tjalleberd, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Bernarda Koch, Utrecht

• Batje Brobbel (87), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• arie Roskam TEEUW (75), Sliedrecht
• Arie WEIJ (22), Spijkenisse
• Andries Elfers (60), Hilversum
• Anna Catharina Van Noyen, Lier, België
• Arie van de Werken (78), Nederhemert, Nederland
• Antonius Van BEERENDONK, Best
• Anna Maria van de Broek (88), Horst
• Antonius van Beerendonk (49), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Laat, Sint-Michielsgestel

• 1883 » Hana Meisel, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician († 1972)
• 1883 » Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1975)
• 1884 » Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress († 1967)
• 1884 » Samuel Berger, American boxer († 1925)
• 1886 » Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader († 1973)
• 1886 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist († 1918)
• 1887 » Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur († 1979)
• 1889 » Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1984)
• 1890 » Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer († 1987)
• 1890 » Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher († 1949)

• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)

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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• 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.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

The temperature on December 25, 1885 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.