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• Anna Maria Mulder, Zwaag († 1885)
• Adolf van Dam, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1969)
• Aaltje van der Veen, Hippolytushoef
• Anneke Kamps, Elst
• Anemaet, Colijnsplaat († 1885)
• Anthonie van der Laan, Wageningen († 1935)
• Addie Isiline Smith, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Adriana Biesheuvel, Haarlemmermeer († 1885)
• Albertus de Graaf, Heerde,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1971)
• Anna Poelman, Drouwenerveen, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)

• Andries DALSEM (90), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Hartman (6), Amersfoort
• Andries Harms DALSEM (90), Meppel
• Arien HENDRIKSEN (73), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Canneman (79), Wageningen
• Anna Verheij (75), Didam
• Anna Berendina DRIEVER (0), Gendringen, Oude IJsselstreek (NL)
• Anemaet (0), Colijnsplaat
• Angelica Vercampt (77), Aarsele
• Berendina van Tuil (70), Ochten

• 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
• 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)

• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)

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.
• 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.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on January 16, 1885 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.