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• Aaltje Dirksdr Kaptein, Urk († 1941)
• Adriana Alida Klapwijk, Hillegersberg († 1945)
• Aaltje van 't Pad, Harderwijk († 1967)
• Adriaan Jacob Vaders, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 1885)
• Aaltje Dirks Kapitein, Urk, Nederland († 1941)
• Aaltje Kapitein, Urk († 1941)
• * Gerardus Henricus Maria van Hout, Veghel († 1960)
• Radsma († 1894)
• Adrianus Cornelis Vermeer, Tilburg († 1962)
• Albert Kuik, Hardenberg, Overijsel, Netherlands(Slagharen)

• - Bovenkamp (0), Weststellingwerf
• Anna Konings (80), Alphen &, Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Reinier van de Kamp (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Schuurman (8), Elburg, Gld, The Netherlands
• Albert KOOPS (0), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus(Arie) Blankendaal (49), Heemskerk,Gemeente Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Dourleijn (68), Oostkapelle (Veere)
• Aleksanteri Piela (3), Saarenpää, Karelië, Finland
• Adriana van der Stelt (63), Almkerk, Nederland
• Aafke Heddes Dolfijn (70), Sint Annen (gem. Groningen)

• 1882 » Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete († 1927)
• 1882 » Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer († 1968)
• 1886 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1887 » Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist († 1967)
• 1888 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company († 1958)
• 1888 » Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1889 » Charles Hawes, American historian and author († 1923)
• 1889 » Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II († 1968)
• 1889 » Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright († 1972)
• 1891 » Walter Model, German field marshal († 1945)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Jacob
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. 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
• January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• 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.

The temperature on January 24, 1885 was about -3.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.