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• Anna Viktorina SEGERS, Zottegem,9620,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1967)
• Adriana Barbera van den Berg, Langerak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1888)
• Aartje Wijngaarden van, Waarder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Alida Magdalena van der Post, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Anna Geertruida Wielders, Tiel
• Adriaan KRIJGER, Brouwershaven, Nederland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1970)
• Bruin, Lemsterland
• Albert Andries Gritter, Het Haagje (Hoogeveen) († 1886)
• Albert Waterham, De Krim († 1960)
• Albert Waterham, Gramsbergen († 1960)

• Adriana Renkens (69), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella BRACKE (72), Moerbeke,9180,Oost-Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Antonia Meurs (64), Diepenveen
• Amanda J Green (18), Johnson County, Kentucky
• Adrianus Francis APPELDOORN (79), Liempde,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Imkelina Pool (4), Zuidbroek Gr. Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Schreur (60), Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde
• Anna Marie Sommers (30), Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Henri Victurnien de Rochechouart-Mortemart (79)
• Aaltje Sjaardema (5), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland

• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)
• 1886 » Spring Byington, American actress († 1971)
• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)
• 1890 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer († 1928)
• 1892 » Theodor Eicke, German SS general († 1943)

• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)

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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on October 17, 1885 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.