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• Akke Elisabeth Eringa, Dantumadeel
• Agatha Elisabeth Eringa, Dantumadeel († 1955)
• Albertus Langekamp, Hellendoorn
• Adrianus Bunschoten, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana A. van de Ven, Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Adrianus Peek, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1885)
• Aaltje Bolt, Den Andel, Baflo,, Groningen, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriaan den DUNNEN, Zwaluwe, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan "Ad" Knegt, IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Aaltje Langereis, Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Centsd Van SCHELVEN (80), Piershil
• Aaltje Buitink (69), Ulft
• Anna van Schelven, Piershil
• Aaltje EISING (23), Hijken (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Gosses Drijfhout (26), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cents van Schelven (80), Piershil
• Andries Jacobszn Baas (74), Ooststellingwerf
• Albert Jannes Talens (81), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Martensz Oosterkamp (85), Blankenham, ov.nld
• Abraham Arents (1), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL

• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)
• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)
• 1896 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• 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 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• 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.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on February 28, 1885 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.