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• Alfred Louis (Yizhak) Maass, Berlin, Berlin, Germany († 1936)
• Adriana Geertruida Bloem, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Alida Jacoba Johanna Kooper, 's-Gravenhage († 1923)
• Alida Jacoba Kooper, 's-Gravenhage († 1923)
• Aleida Harmsen, Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland († 1974)
• Adolf Pieter Leonard Rosendahl, Soerabaja, Java, Indonesia († 1980)
• Adriana Johanna van der Ende, Naaldwijk,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1965)
• Adriana Geertruida Bloem, Rijpwetering,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Aartje van Santen, Beusichem (Buren) (GL)
• Adriana Maria van Delft, Baardwijk († 1886)

• Adriana_Maria van Dijk (0), Wateringen
• Abraham Jonker (0), Den Haag,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Schols (66), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus QUAKERNAAT (0), Dubbeldam
• Albert Fix (56), Wilsum,Kampen,Overijssel,Nederland
• * Woutrina Eekels (40), Vlijmen
• Albertje Homan (83), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaanus Gerritse Branderhorst (78), Uitwijk
• Aaltje Berends Koekkoek (75), Alteveer, Hoogeveen
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Francisca Diederen (7), Nuth, Nederland

• 1876 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1884 » Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic († 1939)
• 1886 » Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat († 1958)
• 1889 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1891 » Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer († 1989)
• 1891 » Laura Gilpin, American photographer († 1979)
• 1891 » Nicola Sacco, Italian-American anarchist († 1927)
• 1891 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer († 1965)
• 1892 » Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist († 1965)

• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacobus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on April 22, 1885 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%.