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• Aaltje (Ollie) E. Groen, Douglas County, SD († 1959)
• Aaltje Schellingerhout, Aarlanderveen, 2445, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriana Remeeus, Ouwerkerk
• , Den Burg († 1943)
• Anna Catharina Kersemans, Loenhout († 1966)
• Andreas Wilhelmus Kester, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Alphonse Beaugrand- Champagne, Saint Norbert, Manitoba, Manitoba († 1963)
• Alida STEEVERS, Beemster (Noord-Holland)
• Alida Stevers, Beemster († 1978)
• Abraham Sinke, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1961)

• ANTHONIUS VOS (64), NAALDWIJK
• Antje Sybrens Sybranda (68), Wieuwerd
• Anna Constantia Vogels (43), Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Anna Girton (69), Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus van Dijk (59), Veghel (Veghel) (Noord Brabant)
• Antonius Francicus van der Weegen (81), Tilburg
• Anne Joseph Martin (54), Tourinnes-la-Grosse
• Anna Maria Hendrika Willemina Venter (22), Winburg Oranje Vrijstaat ZA
• anna dubbelaar (0), katwijk aan zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Schrauwen (57), Oosterhout, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1872 » Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France († 1962)
• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)
• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter († 1926)
• 1898 » Lawrence Gray, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)

• 1842 » Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 » Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• 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.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on July 28, 1885 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.