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• Florence Chalsma, New Amsterdam La Crosse Wisconsin U.S († 1910)
• Aaltje Veerman, Volendam († 1957)
• Aaltje (de Koe) Veerman, Volendam († 1957)
• Anna Caroline Stuht Osborn [sWks] "Ann", Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska († 1977)
• Alice Maude Mary Williams, Fingal, Tasmania, Australia († 1957)
• Aaltje Oldewening, Zweeloo
• van Duin, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1885)
• Alphonsus de MOOR, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1887)
• Josephina Maria van de Goore, Koewacht
• Adriaantje in 't Veld, Strijen

• Agnes van Roode (25), Haarlem
• Agnes van Roode (24), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Groeneveld (54)
• Anna Zwetsloot (61), Oud Ade
• Anna Shute (24), Esperance, Schoharie County, New York
• Anna Maria Buskens (48), Beesel
• Albertus Nieuwenstein (86), Kampen
• Albert Nieuwenstein (86), Kampen
• Albert Nieuwenstein (86), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Stout (78), McPherson, KS

• 1875 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist († 1944)
• 1877 » Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player († 1968)
• 1878 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector († 1966)
• 1878 » Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic († 1957)
• 1883 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1889 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India († 1964)
• 1891 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1895 » Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist († 1972)
• 1897 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic († 1946)

• 1864 » Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (b. 1840)
• 1866 » Miguel I of Portugal (b. 1802)
• 1907 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
• 1910 » John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
• 1915 » Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
• 1916 » Saki, British short story writer (b. 1870)
• 1921 » Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)

• 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on November 14, 1885 was about 5.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.