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• Adrianus Vader, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Anje Oudman, Zuidwolde († 1962)
• Adriana Petronella van Horen, Boxtel († 1961)
• Albert Koopstra, Blankenham († 1969)
• Agatha Maria Maaijen, Den Haag († 1886)
• Adolf Bertelkamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Albert Koopstra, Blankenham,Gemeente Steenwijkerland,Overijssel,Nederland († 1969)
• Hendrik Bos, Hollandscheveld († 1889)
• Adriana van ANDEL, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Maria Schenkels, Waspik († 1960)

• Charles Raikes (72)
• Albertine Justine POLLIE (0), Ieper
• Alberdina Penthum (9), Wildervank (Groningen)
• Albert Thuijs (Thuys, Thuysch, Thuis, Thuiss, Thuijs, Thuijsch, Thuijssch) (23)
• Bertus Brugmans (0), Haaften
• Anna Maria POSTELMANS (77), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Captain Roswell Brown Baldwin (67), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Hopman (39), Schoorldam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jaspers Schaap (0), Nieuwer Amstel
• (Stillborn) WIERTSEMA (0), Bierum Groningen Netherlands

• 1880 » Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1958)
• 1880 » Clara Ayres, American nurse († 1917)
• 1881 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic († 1964)
• 1883 » T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic († 1917)
• 1886 » Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1887 » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator († 1979)
• 1888 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1888 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited († 1971)
• 1890 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author († 1970)
• 1891 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany († 1980)

• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)

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.
• February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.

The temperature on September 16, 1885 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.