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• Adriana Fens, Zevenbergen († 1885)
• Adrianus Touw, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1885)
• ALBERTA STEL, SCHEEMDA († 1917)
• Alida Johanna Cornelia de Vor, Papekop
• Adriana Gommers, Dongen
• Aaltje Boelema, Westerwijtwerd († 1970)
• Albert Ferdinand March, Delhi, Delaware, Iowa († 1965)
• van Putte, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1885)
• (Stillborn) POSTEMA, Vierhuizen (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1885)
• Aaltje Egberts Krikke, Beets, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• Antonetta Schuurmans (25), Nieuwkuijk
• Aalt Kamphuis (2), Voorthuizen
• Anna Catharina (2) Gysels (39), Antwerpen / Anvers, België
• Aartje van der Eijk (28), Vierpolders, prov. Zuid Holland
• Anna Maria Catharina Blömeke (79), Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Aleida Venhorst (11), Megchelen (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Annegien Brouwer (80), Loon (Assen) 76
• Antonius Declerck (90), Gits, 8830, Hooglede, West Vlaanderen
• Alida Jacobusdr Schouten (76), Gouda
• Arij van den Berg (67), Hellevoetsluis

• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)
• 1895 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B († 1937)
• 1897 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author († 1983)
• 1897 » Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower († 1986)

• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)

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 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on May 20, 1885 was about 10.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.