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• Aan Straatsma, Wijns
• Abraham Standhardt, Steenwijk († 1959)
• Adriana de Zeeuw, Zederik (Leerbroek) (Zuid Holland) († 1960)
• "Catherine" Alberte Marie Fidèle Picot de Moras d'Aligny, Marpain, Jura, France († 1964)
• Anna Bastiaantje ten Haaf, Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland († 1952)
• * Jansje van Herk, Krimpen aan den IJssel († 1957)
• de Jong, Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Abraham Vring, Leiden, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriaan van Boxtel, Kaatsheuvel († 1969)
• Alphonse Henri Louis Dresen, Luik, België († 1944)

• Adrianus van Mourik (40), Dordrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Cornelia van BARNEVELD (37), Amerongen (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Aart Arie van Marion (0), Zuidland
• Adriaan Theune (88)
• Adriana Maria Bruin (12), Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Verappe (64), Rotterdam
• van Hattum (0), Utrecht
• Cornelia van Vliet (54), Woerden
• Aaltje Oonk (68), Markelo
• Aukje Palstra (2), Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)
• 1880 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist († 1940)
• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)
• 1882 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)
• 1893 » George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic († 1966)
• 1893 » Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1961)
• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1894 » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator († 1977)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

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.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on October 18, 1885 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.