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• Abraham Speksnijder, Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• van Tinteren, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1885)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Dierx, Herten, Lim, NL († 1971)
• Anonyme Dubé, Ste-Luce, Ste-Luce, Matapédia, Québec, Canada
• Aalt Koeleman, Elburg (Gld Nederland)
• Agatha van Oostdam, Noordwijkerhout, ZUI, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Adriana Staeren, Rosmeer (B) († 1951)
• Adrianus Hilgersum, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Adriaan van Iwaarden, Krabbendijke († 1969)
• Adriaan van Iwaarden, Krabbendijke († 1969)

• Adolph Mook (71), Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Stork (43), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Angélique Célestine Poignant (83), Frières-Faillouël, 02 Aisne, Picardie, France
• Adeline Lawrence (79), Pontiac
• Abraham Jones SHINN (82), Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Annetje (Antje) Groot (69), Edam
• Adolf (Adolph) Mook (71), Delfshaven
• Arnoldus van Knippenberg (29), Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aaltje Rood (34), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphine Charlotte Wilhelmine Remschel (66), Königsberg (russ. Kaliningrad), Rajon Kaliningrad, Oblast Kaliningrad

• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)
• 1890 » Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player († 1968)
• 1891 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1891 » Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author († 1973)
• 1893 » Charley Chase, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1940)
• 1894 » Olive Thomas, American model and actress († 1920)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)

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.
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on October 20, 1885 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.