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• Achilles De Grave, Drongen († 1963)
• Agatha Magdalena Smits, Den haag († 1962)
• Agnes CRIJNS, Heer en Keer (Limburg) (NL) († 1958)
• Aaltje Langereis, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Richelle, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Schaik, Scherpenzeel, Gld, NL († 1949)
• Adrianus Brakenhoff, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Alijda Geelen, Ouderijn († 1959)
• Adriaan Kole, Schore en Vlake, Zeeland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus KETELAARS, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aaltje Everts Groeneveld (75), Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Henriette Elise Zeehuisen (46), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Meilink (2), Borculo, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anthonie van Nieuwenhuizen (52), Haarlem
• Annes van der Heide (62)
• Adrianus Janknegt (46), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloisius Josephus Defever (0), Eessen
• Anna van Moorsel (27), Voorhout
• Antje Vries de (38), Alkmaar, NH, Nederland
• Arie Pons (69), Rhoon

• 1869 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author († 1945)
• 1869 » Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum († 1939)
• 1874 » Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator († 1953)
• 1881 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter († 1966)
• 1897 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)
• 1898 » Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education († 1994)
• 1900 » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar († 2002)
• 1900 » Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist († 1958)
• 1902 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel († 1971)

• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• 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 February 11, 1885 was about 6.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.