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• Alfons Van Wiele, Nieuwkerken-Waas
• Anna Maria Keulen, Brunssum, Nederland († 1959)
• ANNA VELLEKOOP, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 1885)
• Adrianus Leonardus Mertens, Roosendaal († 1945)
• Alfred Morand SCHREIBER, Hirtzbach (68118, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1956)
• Aaldert Everts, Ruinen († 1910)
• Agatha Ampt, Den Helder († 1886)
• Anna Maria Hoekendijk, Rotterdam († 1888)
• Amelia Adriaenssen, Westmalle († 1895)
• Alida Johanna Meijers, Vreeland, Utrecht, Nederland

• Anna de Gent (79), Haarlem
• Abraham Bloemendaal (57), (NH) Amsterdam
• Antonius Reynier van Voorst (81), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Reep (7), Lisse
• Anton Joseph Krusemeijer (0), Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
• Adriana De Groot (24), Steenbergen
• Anna Alders (29), Haarlem
• Aaltjen Grevink (76), Winterswijk
• Antje Boontjes (19), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Pieter (Jans) Kieft (83), Loppersum

• 1879 » Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter († 1943)
• 1880 » Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company († 1955)
• 1885 » György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic († 1971)
• 1885 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia († 1942)
• 1885 » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player († 1964)
• 1887 » Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer († 1995)
• 1889 » Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author († 1958)
• 1890 » Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer († 1960)
• 1890 » Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General († 1949)

• 1868 » Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
• 1880 » Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
• 1910 » William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
• 1911 » George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
• 1911 » John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)

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.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• 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.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on April 13, 1885 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.