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• Adriana Eerland, Krimpen aan den IJssel (Z.-H.), Neth († 1940)
• Aaltje HINGSTMAN, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Bos, Zoetermeer († 1885)
• Alida Gerdina Spittuler, Amsterdam, 1000, Nederland († 1940)
• Achiel Cleempoel, Temse, België
• Andries Lex, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Albert Huynen, Temse
• * Maria Merkx, Ammerzoden († 1951)
• Aleida Makkinga, Ommen († 1971)
• Angèle Emilienne BROUARD DEBRAY, St Bomer, 28, Centre

• Arie Klein (71), Culemborg,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie de Pijper (36), Abcoude-Proosdij,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Snoeren (18), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Afke Bijl (0), Broek, Friesland, Nederland
• Meindert Sjoukes Rusticus (74), Tjerkwerd
• ANTJE MAARS (67), WIERINGEN
• Afke Klases Bijl (0), Broek, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Netherlands
• Apollonia van Tongeren (81), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Julius Boreel de Mauregnault (42), Lochem,Gemeente Lochem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Apolonia van Tongeren (81), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1878 » Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian († 1967)
• 1881 » Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman († 1961)
• 1883 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach († 1967)
• 1885 » Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company († 1973)
• 1886 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1964)
• 1887 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1890 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1945)
• 1892 » Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer († 1976)
• 1893 » Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot († 1974)
• 1893 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach († 1963)

• 1860 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
• 1864 » Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
• 1872 » William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
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. Adriana
8. Wilhelmina
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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• 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.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on January 13, 1885 was about -2.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.