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• Akke Vlig, Lemsterland
• Adrianus Petrus Cornelis Gubbens, Loon op Zand († 1887)
• Adriana Petronella Malgo, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1885)
• Andries Rijnsburger, Leiderdorp
• (Stillborn) WIERTSEMA, Bierum Groningen Netherlands († 1885)
• Aaltje Brinks, Ter Apel, Groningen, Nederland († 1955)
• Adrianus Cornelius Marinussen, Tilburg, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana van Uden, Geffen († 1946)
• Anje Oudman, Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van ANDEL, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Berend Mol (40), Terwolde,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annegien Berents Berents (77), Vlagtwedde
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• Antje Okkes Baarda (47), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertus BRUGMAN (0), Haaften (Gld.)
• Albertus Johannes Liebenberg, Richmond, South Africa
• Albertine Justine POLLIE (0), Ieper
• Brand van de Slunt (29), Maurik
• Antoon Hopman (27), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angelina Bens (65), Geel, Belgie

• 1880 » Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1958)
• 1880 » Clara Ayres, American nurse († 1917)
• 1881 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic († 1964)
• 1883 » T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic († 1917)
• 1886 » Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1887 » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator († 1979)
• 1888 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1888 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited († 1971)
• 1890 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author († 1970)
• 1891 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany († 1980)

• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• 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 September 16, 1885 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.