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• Arie van der Wulp († 1864)
• Aleida Knikkink, Zwolle († 1852)
• Annigje Jans ter Haar, Ter Haar († 1859)
• Annigjen ter Haar, Staphorst († 1859)
• Adriana Bax, Bergen op Zoom
• Adolph Langkemper, Amsterdam († 1865)
• Andr√© HECKER, Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1867)
• Alida Johanna Jacoba Schimmel, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, N-H, Neth
• Adolph LANGKEMPER, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Annigje van der Horst, Teckop († 1854)

• Aafje van Schie (0), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Leeuw (66), Everdingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Elisabetha WEYNEN, Vliermaal, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anne Catherine CHRISTIAENS (68), Sint-Lievens-Esse, 41062, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Christina Schilders (74), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Teunis van DIJK (40), IJsselmuiden
• Christina SCHILDERS (74), Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Claesz van Welle (van der Wel) (82), ,,, Naaldwijk
• Cornelis (1) Vlottes (0), Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Theunis ten Cate (64), Sneek

• 1745 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist († 1826)
• 1748 » Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian († 1831)
• 1772 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary and French general († 1824)
• 1808 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France († 1873)
• 1816 » Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer († 1895)
• 1818 » Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer († 1893)
• 1826 » Dinah Craik, English author and poet († 1887)
• 1836 » Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist and academic († 1895)
• 1839 » Carol I of Romania, King of Romania († 1914)
• 1840 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator († 1916)

• 1703 » Lancelot Addison, English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)
• 1769 » Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (b. 1720)
• 1831 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
• January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
• January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
• November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

The temperature on April 20, 1785 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder.