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• , Moeskroen († 1936)
• Adrianus Franciscus van den Burg, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1886)
• Albert Ubels, Eelde, Nederland († 1978)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van Dooren, Mill, Nederland
• Albert Eding, Drouwen, Borger († 1963)
• Aaltjo Pronk, Scheemda († 1973)
• Adrianus van Beers, Loon op Zand, Nederland
• Abraham Hendrik Rip, Veere (NL) († 1955)
• Hendrik Willem Boonstra, Beunningen († 1908)
• Adrianus van Beers, Loon op Zand († 1945)

• Aaltje (Aaltjen) Meijboom (Meiboom Hermens) (76), ZIlven-Loenen (Apeldoorn)
• Aaltjen Harmens Harms Meijboom (76), Zilven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Dakhorst (39), Gorssel
• Adriana van Alten (71), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Cecile Decherf (74), Gits,8830,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anthonius van Orsouw (2), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Dirk Verhoef (47), Leerdam
• Adriana van Alten (71), Zaamslag
• Bouktje Maas (4), Visvliet (Grijpskerk)
• Maria Rottink (52), Zwolle

• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)

• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

The temperature on February 19, 1885 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.