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• * Jannigje de Jager, Sliedrecht († 1913)
• Povel, Amsterdam († 1941)
• Aleida Makkinga, Ommen († 1971)
• Anna Harmanna Smidt, Garmerwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1970)
• Andries Johans Godthelp, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1886)
• Albertus Den Holder, Appeltern, Geldertland, Neder, Andorra († 1961)
• Alida Bierbrauer, Abcoude-Proostdij
• Alexander Julius Boreel de Mauregnault, Lochem,Gemeente Lochem,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1886)
• (Stillbirth) VOGELZANG, Oldehove († 1885)
• Adrianus Cornelius Anthonius Drabbe, Delft († 1953)

• Aagje Kooijman (45), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphus Antonius Maria Baert (46), Stekene
• Antonius WILMSEN (86), Woensdrecht, 4405, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apollonia van Tongeren (81), Maasland
• (Stillbirth) VOGELZANG (0), Oldehove
• Arie Klein (71), Culemborg,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Boodt (0), Haamstede gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld, NL
• Anna Gesina Adelheid Korte (90), Uphusen (D)
• Adriana Pek (59), Schoonhoven
• Antonio Pereira de Carvalho (4), Campo Alegre, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1878 » Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian († 1967)
• 1881 » Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman († 1961)
• 1883 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach († 1967)
• 1885 » Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company († 1973)
• 1886 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1964)
• 1887 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1890 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1945)
• 1892 » Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer († 1976)
• 1893 » Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot († 1974)
• 1893 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach († 1963)

• 1860 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
• 1864 » Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
• 1872 » William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)

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.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on January 13, 1885 was about -2.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.