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• * Jan Meierse den Besten, Schelluinen († 1949)
• * Catharina Josina Maria Walters, 's Hertogenbosch
• Albert Bosman, Hoogeveen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Brok, Oudheusden en Elshout
• Adriana Piershil van RIJ, Brielle,Zuid-Holland,NEDERLAND († 1978)
• Albert Wilhelm Hermann Jacques, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Albert WITVOET, Meppel (Drenthe)
• Aleida Theodora Starink, Velp († 1973)
• Adrianus Carolus Beukers, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Noë, Assendelft NH NL

• Anna Hille (0), Hoorn
• Adriaan Christiaanse Maas (78), Vlissingen
• Adriana Bernardina Philippus (83), Rotterdam
• Adriana Kramer (71), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Arends (14), Paterswolde ( Eelde)
• Antje Hermanus Hes (65), Dantumadeel
• Antje Sauerborn (40), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Everts Timmerman (59), Muggenbeet (Steenwijkerwold)
• Antje Hermanus Hes (65), Rinsumageest, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna (Johanna) Blokland (77), Harmelen

• 1874 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1951)
• 1874 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1952)
• 1878 » Reza Shah, Iranian king († 1944)
• 1879 » Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist († 1963)
• 1886 » Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian-Greek painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1887 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1961)
• 1887 » Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded General Foods († 1973)
• 1890 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer († 1980)
• 1892 » James Basevi Ord, Mexican-American colonel († 1938)
• 1897 » Jackson Scholz, American runner († 1986)

• 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• 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.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

The temperature on March 15, 1885 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.