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• Aart den Uil, Giessendam
• Adjutus van Beers, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Alida Jacoba Dorregeest, Nieuwer Amstel († 1887)
• Andries Wierds de Boer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Martina Francisca Lenaerts, Tilburg, Nederland († 1966)
• Aaltje Sakes Akkerman, Gaast, Gemeente Schoterland († 1976)
• Adrianus Theodorus (Br. Adjustus) van Beers, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1966)
• Adrianus Engelmandus van Hage, Lisse, Lisse, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aart den UIL, Giessendam
• Alida Margaretha Leideritz, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1964)

• Aaltje van der Woude (67), IJsselmuiden, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annunciata Caroline van Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (75), Sigmaringen
• Adriana Christina Ketting Olivier (8), Soerabaja
• Adriaan Filius (86), Wissenkerke
• Antje Ram (1), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annunciata Caroline von HOHENZOLLERN-SIGMARINGEN (75)
• Aaltje Koning (65)
• Adriaan Cornelis Filius (86), Wissenkerke, Nederland
• Barbera van der Splinter (71), Zoeterwoude
• Anna Catharina Bosch (83), Oostmalle, Antwerpen, België

• 1880 » Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician († 1961)
• 1880 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant († 1941)
• 1881 » (O.S.) Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator († 1962)
• 1882 » Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier († 1966)
• 1882 » Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia († 1940)
• 1882 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator († 1971)
• 1883 » Feodor Gladkov, Russian author and educator († 1958)
• 1884 » Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal († 1981)
• 1887 » Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist († 1956)
• 1889 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor († 1972)

• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)

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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on June 21, 1885 was about 13.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.