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• Adriana Reuser, Rosmalen († 1960)
• Albartus Nelis van den Berg, Ochten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1889)
• (Stillborn) de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana Anna Diederika van WALEN, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Adrianus Hendrik Christiaan Bohlen, Utrecht
• Adriana Reuser, Rosmalen
• Aaltje Herkes Winder, Kimswerd, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Mots, Amersfoort († 1943)
• Adriana Pieternella Bijbau, Colijnsplaat,Gemeente Noord-Beveland,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1966)
• Hendrika Nengerman, Eefde († 1885)

• Hermeling Geertruida (74), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Verelst (65), Noorderwijk, Herentals, België
• (Stillborn) de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu) (0), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Albert NEUTEBOOM (62), Zwolle (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Anna ROUX (61), Munsterbilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Anna Maria Kersten (78), Maashees en Overloon, Boxmeer
• Alida Deugd (6), Amstedam
• Anneke Everts Van Eck (81), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Huijsmans (79), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• ARNOLDA JOSINA DE GEUS (63), GAMEREN

• 1879 » Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge († 1965)
• 1879 » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower († 1917)
• 1881 » Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci († 1953)
• 1882 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician († 1940)
• 1884 » Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor († 1950)
• 1884 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator († 1969)
• 1886 » Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician († 1971)
• 1888 » Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist († 1948)
• 1893 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany († 1978)
• 1893 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice († 1964)

• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1920 » William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)

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.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• 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.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• 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 March 26, 1885 was about 8.1 °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 59%.