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• Anna Alida Kieboom, Werkendam († 1946)
• Anthonetta van As, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius de Poorter, Sint Oedenrode († 1961)
• Antonia Nooijens, Etten-Leur
• Arentje Oranje, Oostvoorne († 1953)
• Ariaantje Louter, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adela Palmyra Zaman, Waasmunster, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Annechien Willemina Meinema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1886)
• Antje van der Berg, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriana Johanna Maria van Herpen, Goirke, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Arie Verheij (0), Hoogvliet
• Aaltje Jacobsd Herder (54), Drachten, smallingerland,fr.nld
• Adriaantje van den Berge (48), Bruinisse
• Alida Scholtens (57), koog aan de zaan
• Antonius Matthijs Verhoeven (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adriaan Frederik Tientjes (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Opperman (64), Valburg, Nederland
• Aaltjen Gritter (39), Barger Oosterveen
• Berendina Klaas GROENEWOLD (0), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Jakobs Herder (54), Smallingerland, Nederland

• 1869 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author († 1954)
• 1878 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician († 1957)
• 1880 » Mitchell Lewis, American actor († 1956)
• 1881 » Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright († 1960)
• 1892 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1893 » Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and news anchor(† 1989)
• 1895 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1950)
• 1898 » Chesty Puller, US general († 1971)
• 1898 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman († 1978)
• 1899 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)

• 1856 » Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)

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.
• January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• 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 June 26, 1885 was about 16.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.