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• Adriaan Cornelis Durieux, Katwijk
• Alfred Eduard Schockaert, Waasmunster († 1957)
• Akke Homminga, Wonseradeel, Fr, Nederland († 1957)
• Agnes Spiegels, Gellicum († 1916)
• Aaltje Feikes Vogel, Barradeel
• Anna Maria Celestina Vanbrabant, Binderveld, België († 1947)
• Akke Wiebes Homminga, Tjerkwerd, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus Johannes van den Bosch, Vught († 1965)
• Adrianus Johannes van den Bosch, Vught († 1965)
• Aldert Frederiks, Broek op L'dijk († 1888)

• Aaltje Harms (81), Zevenhuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Harmens van der MEULEN (81), Zevenhuizen (Leek)
• Andries Maurits Blok (0), Rotterdam
• Abraham van Tergouw (55), Jutphaas, Utrecht, NL
• Antonia Jansen (82), Steenderen, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Zebregs (71), Udenhout (Udenhout) (Noord-Brabant)
• Aalt Van Esveld (0), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius, Hermanus Broekman (77), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Julius Prins Lubomirsky (83)
• Arie van den Broek (0), linschoten

• 1882 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer († 1937)
• 1884 » Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1970)
• 1884 » Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author († 1974)
• 1885 » Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic († 1927)
• 1887 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator († 1948)
• 1889 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1891 » Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano († 1951)
• 1891 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland († 1976)
• 1893 » Wilhelm Zaisser, German soldier and politician († 1958)
• 1894 » Lloyd Hall, American chemist and academic († 1971)

• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)

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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on June 20, 1885 was about 17.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.