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• Anna Catharina PRETORIUS
• Aafje Minekus, Tip († 1906)
• Angelina Liefbroer († 1949)
• Albertus Hendrikus Hoek, Langeveen († 1935)
• Aagje Buitenhuis, Nijkerkerkerveen {GE} (Nijkerk) († 1886)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Hendrik Klumpers, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1959)
• Adolf Juliaan Desimpel, Passendale West-Vlaanderen België
• Abraham Frederik Helmerhorst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Medendorp, Kantens († 1970)
• Adriana Rottier, Schore (Kapelle), Zeeland, Nederland († 1955)

• Abraham Johannes van Breda (18), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsius Petrus Johannes Toussaint Hubertus Wijnands (13), Maastricht
• Aaltje Norg, van (67), Westervelde (Norg)
• Annaatje van Essen (11), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Oudheusden (37), Herpt
• Almedia E. Key (24), Steelville, Crawford, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Nicolaas Zonneveld (1), Maarssen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Kuijstermans (68), Etten en Leur (NL)
• Aaltjen Geertman (37), Collendoorn
• Abraham Miracle (75), Dutton, Madison, Arkansas, United States

• 1876 » Havergal Brian, English composer († 1972)
• 1877 » Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat († 1969)
• 1880 » W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1881 » Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist († 1975)
• 1884 » Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1888 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist († 1970)
• 1888 » Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman († 1985)
• 1891 » Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator († 1975)
• 1891 » R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker († 1968)
• 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)

• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)

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 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on January 29, 1885 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.