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• Amélie VANNEROM, Lembeek,1502,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1891)
• Abraham Elkerbout, Leiden
• Alida Johanna BODE, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Bruijn, Edam († 1948)
• Alexander (Sandy) Fraser, Glass, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1957)
• Alida Christina Allard, Amsterdam
• adrianus 't JONG, numansdorp († 1969)
• Adrianus de Jong ('t Jong), Numansdorp, Nederland († 1969)
• ... Bern, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Alida van Nelven, den haag († 1885)

• Alida de Jager (77), Hilversum
• Albertus Groen (0), Nieuwolda
• Aapko BOVEN (0), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Sebilla Junier (57), Clinge (Zld)
• Anna Elisabeth Canisius (86), Oirsbeek
• Adriana Jacoba Hagoort (80), Lexmond
• Alida de Jager (77), Rotterdam
• Aartje Aalten Hazeleger (68), Amerongen
• Antonia Elisabeth van Zetten (5), Zoelmond
• Aaltje Klases Tjallinga (78), Uitwelleringa

• 1878 » Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor († 1968)
• 1879 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator († 1968)
• 1880 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware († 1962)
• 1882 » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss († 1957)
• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)
• 1883 » Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author († 1942)
• 1888 » Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter († 1949)
• 1889 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company († 1969)
• 1891 » Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist († 1967)
• 1893 » Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper († 1946)

• 1852 » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)

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.
• January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

The temperature on January 20, 1885 was about -7.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.