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• Anna Maria Graafmans, Tilburg, Nederland († 1949)
• Albert Beekhuis, Groningen (Nld), Groningen, Nederland († 1961)
• Aafke van der Scheer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)
• Aagje Pieket Weeserik, Alkmaar († 1957)
• Aafje Klok, Middelie, Gemeente Zeevang
• Adriana Cornelia van Son, Rotterdam († 1977)
• Aafke van der Scheer († 1955)
• Adriana Dorland, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Kluin 9, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Krikke, Tjalleberd,Gemeente Heerenveen,Friesland,Nederland

• Aafje Rempt (29), Schagen
• Alphonse Joseph BREYNE (2), Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Alois de Liechtenstein (44)
• ANDRE VANDEN BROM (2), LIEGE
• Aloys Van Liechtenstein (44)
• "Friedrich" Wolf von Trotha (55), Hecklingen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Allemagne
• Albert Weerts (50), Kerkenbosch, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adelaida Jacoba Demulder (61), Oostende
• Aart Korteland (0), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• *Anna van Andel (66), Haarlemmerliede

• 1884 » Ed Archibald, Canadian pole vaulter († 1965)
• 1885 » Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian author and poet († 1936)
• 1888 » Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante († 1963)
• 1889 » Howard Lindsay, American producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor († 1968)
• 1889 » Warner Baxter, American actor († 1951)
• 1890 » Bert Bliss, English international footballer, inside forward († 1968)
• 1891 » Alfred Neubauer, Austrian race car driver and manager († 1980)
• 1891 » Yvan Goll, French-German poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1892 » József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal († 1975)
• 1893 » Astrid Holm, Danish actress († 1961)

• 1873 » Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1905 » William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
• 1911 » Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)

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
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on March 29, 1885 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.