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• "Gaston" Louis Marie André de Belsunce, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France († 1940)
• Adrianus Henricus Burgers, Tilburg († 1886)
• Aaltjen ter Meulen, Almen (Gorssel)
• Boeren, Tilburg, Nederland († 1885)
• Geesina Frederika Bolhuis, Winschoten († 1970)
• Ada ROMERIL, Provo,, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Aloisius Bartholomeus van de Mortel, Deurne († 1962)
• Adrianus Henricus Burgers, Tilburg Nederland († 1886)
• Hendricus Petrus Cornelis Joseph van Laarhoven, Raamsdonkveer
• Adrianus Arnoldus van der Valk, Amsterdam

• Andries van Maldegem (0), Middelburg
• Gerrit Gortzak (80), Aalsmeer
• Coralie Marie Anne Charlotte d'AUXY de NEUFVILLE (70), Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Anne Jans de Vries (62), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Jans (aka Buursma) de Vries (62)
• Aalbert Aartsen (3), Putten
• Arnoldus Haans (83), Udenhout
• Coralie Marie Anne Charlotte d'Auxy (70), Bruxelles
• Caron (0), Delft
• Boudewijn Heijboer (35), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1876 » Saya San, Burmese monk and activist († 1931)
• 1879 » B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer († 1956)
• 1882 » Sybil Thorndike, English actress († 1976)
• 1884 » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor († 1944)
• 1885 » Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet († 1969)
• 1887 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot († 1917)
• 1887 » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg († 1969)
• 1891 » Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator († 1985)
• 1891 » Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic († 1961)
• 1894 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1987)

• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)

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.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on October 24, 1885 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.