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• Anna Helena Schepers, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriana Koelet (Coelet), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Niederlande († 1886)
• Karelse, Borssele († 1885)
• Andrew Rennie, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
• Alida Maria Frederica Burvenich († 1963)
• van Veenendaal, Amerongen († 1885)
• Aaltje Hartman, Nieuweroord (Westerbork) († 1952)
• Aaltje Wensink, Brummen († 1975)
• Anna Christina Lansdorp, amsterdam, Nederland
• Aloys Rudolf HUG, Hammerschmiede Aalen Baden-Württemberg Germany († 1972)

• Hinnen (0), Almelo
• Adriana Wor (64), Gorinchem
• Adriaan Jacob van de Zande (84), Terneuzen
• Anna Elisabeth Deumens (37), Schinveld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Weerden (72), Tiel
• Antje Ybesdr de Vries (86), Waddinxveen
• Antje Ybesdr. de Vries (86), Heenvliet
• Antonie Nicolaas van der Breggen (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Zoet (53), Leimuiden, ZH, The Netherlands
• Antonij Renssen (76), Deventer

• 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
• 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
• 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
• 1886 » Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot († 1911)
• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)
• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)
• 1895 » Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)
• 1896 » Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d.1985)
• 1898 » Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor († 1960)

• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)

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 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.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on October 21, 1885 was about 7.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.