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• Allagonda Dirks, Bergeijk Weebosch, Nederland († 1928)
• Aartje VROOME VROOM, Bruchem/Kerkwijk (NL/GE) († 1953)
• - Deckers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1885)
• Adrianus van den BROEK, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Alice Juliette Maes, Temse
• Alida Deltenre, Ellezelles († 1918)
• Adriana Hendrickx Hendriks, Oerle (Veldhoven) (Noord-Brabant) († 1920)
• Adrianus Johannes Versteeg, Haarzuilens († 1887)
• Adrianus Simons
• de Jong, Ferwerderadeel

• Carel Voorzaat (53), Rotterdam
• Arie van der Zalm (59), Noordwijk
• Bregje Kort (40), Wognum
• Anna Maria Leuker (51), Horst
• Anne Jacobs Posthumus (71), Ternaard gem. Westdongeradeel
• Adriana Maria Tak (66), Arnhem
• Agatha Paulus (78), Schiedam, Nederland
• *levenloos* zoon van Willem (*1856) van der Voort van der Kleij (0), 's Gravenhage
• Betje Berends (0), Bovensmilde
• Anna Willemina (kind) van Delden (8), Erve Brands-klooster, Terwolde

• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)
• 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)
• 1886 » Hugo Ball, German author and poet († 1927)
• 1887 » Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer († 1933)
• 1887 » Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player († 1956)
• 1888 » Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine († 1961)
• 1889 » Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founded the Girl Guides († 1977)
• 1889 » R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher († 1943)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

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.
• 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.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• 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.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on February 22, 1885 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.