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• Artje Banning, Sneek
• Adriana Heesbeen, Vlijmen († 1885)
• Adelbertus Gieling, Harenkarspel
• Adrianus Hermanus Boef den, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
• Agnes Maria Gr√ºnder († 1969)
• Alberta Jansen, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1886)
• Grietje Betlem, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Katgert (ook Katgerman ), Laren († 1958)
• Adrianus Hermanus den Boef, Helvoirt († 1907)
• Adrianus van der Zwet, Voorschoten-Zuid-Holland-Nederland († 1977)

• Angélique FLEURY (88), Saméon,Nord-Pas-de-Calais
• Adrianus HENDRICKX (81), Kalmthout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Andreas Mangelschots (37), Balen, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen
• Albertus van Ee (55), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Vossen (28), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Rieka RIDDERHOF (0), Dordrecht
• Aafje Konijn (90), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Könningh (76), Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Vossen (28), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Oosting (27), exloo

• 1874 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1876 » Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany († 1967)
• 1879 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic († 1946)
• 1880 » Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1881 » Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter († 1934)
• 1882 » Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist († 1958)
• 1885 » Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant († 1940)
• 1886 » Markus Reiner, Israeli physicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1892 » Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse († 1984)
• 1893 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian-American guru and philosopher († 1952)

• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)

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 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on January 5, 1885 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.