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• Andrieske Annes Travaille, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• Adriana van der Ende, 's Gravenzande († 1943)
• Albertus Johannes Möhringer, Haarlem († 1885)
• Aaltje Wijnholds, Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland († 1926)
• Adriaan Steijaert, Meerle (B), België († 1975)
• van Houdt, Kethel en Spaland († 1885)
• Aaltje Bergema, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1954)
• Adriaan Steijaert, Meerle († 1975)
• Abraham Misroch, Odessa, Ukraine
• Andries Stulting

• Aaltje 't Lam (50), Everdingen
• Alexander 1 Van Servie (78), Temesvar, Khoråsån, Irân
• Alexander 1 van Servie (78), Temesvar
• Anne Marie Schmitt (38), Climbach, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
• Antje van der Gun (41), Everdingen, Nederland
• aafke ter maas (0), oldehove
• Aart (Art) Keyer (Keijer,Keijzer) (66), Naarden, Nederland
• Anna Maria FRANSSEN (40), Baarlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antje de Koekkoek (34), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adélaïde DUPONT (33), Warquignies (Belgium)

• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• 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.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on May 15, 1885 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.