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• Anne Catherine Hansen, Ribe Mark, Ribe Sankt Katherine, Ribe, Ribe, Denmark
• Anna Mathilde Van den Broeck, Vorselaar, België († 1927)
• (Stillborn) BOOTSMA, Wymbritseradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1885)
• Anne Jans DOLSTRA, Nieuwehorne († 1951)
• Anna Catharina Schwarz, Utrecht († 1963)
• Adriaan van Halst, Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje STUIJT, Beemster (Noord-Holland) († 1891)
• Antje Krekt, Jubbega Schurega († 1887)
• Aaltje Sprenger, Groningen († 1957)
• Heinsius, Stavoren, 8715, Nederland († 1885)

• Andries Postmus (20), Marum
• Anna Maria van Mol (66), Wintelre
• Aart Rietveld (44), Schoonhoven
• Anna van de Worp (76), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberta van Binsbergen (4), Ede
• Adriaan GIESBERGEN (57), Princenhage (N.Br. Nl)
• Allard Everts (0), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Voets (1), Boxtel
• Alberta van Binsbergen (4), Ede
• Adèle Aimée Le Clerc (54), Pavilly, 76570, Seine Maritime, FRANCE

• 1875 » Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War († 1941)
• 1877 » Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat († 1949)
• 1878 » Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player († 1942)
• 1878 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Tauzin, French hurdler († 1918)
• 1882 » Artur Schnabel, Jewish-Polish pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer († 1954)
• 1891 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author († 1965)
• 1895 » Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author († 1948)
• 1896 » Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist († 1999)

• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)

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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on April 17, 1885 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.