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• Akke Jans Epema, dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1888)
• Agnes Edna LEMONT, Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Albertus Aalbertsen, Langbroek
• Adam Adrianus Hendrikus Schopmeijer, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adrianus van den Berg, Hendrik Ido Oostendam en Schildmanskinderen Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Stens, Staphorst, Overijssel, Nederland († 1964)
• Andries Cornelis van der Vlist, Lexmond
• Andreas VANHEMEL, Wijchmaal
• Albertje Schuring († 1923)
• Aaltje van de Lagemaat, Leusden († 1941)

• Anthonie, Antoni Goemans (78), Voorschoten
• Adriana Cornelia De Kock (12), Alphen en Riel, Gemeente Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Tellier (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Henning (84), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Goemans (77), Voorschoten
• Anthonie Goemans (77), Voorschoten
• Antje Zoetelief (52), Den Helder
• Annetje Bessels (59), Hoog Soeren, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Tellier (65), Amsterdam
• Anna Barbara Gebruers (75), Morkhoven, Herentals, België

• 1876 » Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author († 1899)
• 1876 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna († 1943)
• 1878 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager († 1934)
• 1879 » Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author († 1925)
• 1882 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria († 1957)
• 1883 » Hermann Abendroth, German conductor († 1956)
• 1887 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic († 1943)
• 1889 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor († 1943)
• 1892 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland († 1964)
• 1893 » Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator († 1986)

• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1874 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• 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.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on January 19, 1885 was about -0.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.