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• Alicia Appolinnia Rosalia Borrey, Oostende († 1953)
• Agatha Jacoba Coumou, Zierikzee († 1940)
• Aartje Verveer, Groot-Ammers
• Adriana Cornelia van den Kieboom († 1921)
• Adriana Hendrika van den Dool, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Alice Emaline Bell Malbeck Bottleford Smith, Alabama († 1947)
• Adriana Cornelia van den Kieboom, Halsteren († 1921)
• Adrianus Petrus Stoffelen, Steenbergen († 1952)
• Aldegonda Dromers, Oss († 1947)
• Adriana Zwemer, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Oudejans (4), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Albers ( De Jonge* ) (56), Blokzijl
• Adriana Lammens (80), Delft
• Annechien WANDERS (43), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Palts Visser (65), Bolsward
• Albert Moes (61), Emmen
• Ange Lemaire (73), Gelinden, België
• Antonius Johannes Bernardus van Heck, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Alida Appel (1), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lamens (80), Pijnacker

• 1882 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden († 1973)
• 1883 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor and academic († 1969)
• 1885 » George S. Patton, American general († 1945)
• 1887 » Roland Young, English-American actor († 1953)
• 1888 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian activist, scholar, and politician, Indian Minister of Education († 1958)
• 1888 » J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (d.1982)
• 1891 » Grunya Sukhareva, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and university lecturer († 1981)
• 1891 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager († 1954)
• 1894 » Beverly Bayne, American actress († 1982)
• 1895 » Wealthy Babcock, American mathematician and academic († 1990)

• 1861 » Pedro V of Portugal (b. 1837)
• 1862 » James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lucretia Mott, American activist (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Ned Kelly, Australian criminal (b. 1855)
• 1884 » Alfred Brehm, German zoologist, author, and illustrator (b. 1827)
• 1887 » Adolph Fischer, German-American printer and activist (b. 1858)
• 1887 » Albert Parsons, American journalist and activist (b. 1848)
• 1887 » August Spies, American journalist and activist (b. 1855)
• 1887 » George Engel, German-American businessman and activist (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Haymarket affair defendants:

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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• 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.

The temperature on November 11, 1885 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.