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• Alida Catharina van den Berg, Noordwijk († 1908)
• Alfonso Victor Washburn Sr. [Bu], North Carolina († 1957)
• amelie jeanne aptekers, etterbeek
• ALPHONSUS AUGUSTINUS DHOOGHE, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Alfred Heinrich Ullrich, Oberwiesenthal, Oostenrijk († 1950)
• Amy Elizabeth Gibson, England († 1969)
• Albert Johannes van der Molen, doezum († 1958)
• Anna Bakker, Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands († 1975)
• Albert Van der Molen, Doezum, Grootegast,, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Alida Themans, Enschede († 1885)

• Arentje Van NEUREN (67), Middelharnis
• Cornelia Kort (1), Rijnsburg
• Catharina Elisabeth Russensmit (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Bruggink (0), Hengelo-Woolde
• Amelia Ruth Kephart (76)
• Angela van Matuschka van Toppolczan-Spätgen (54)
• Bernhardine* Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte Juliane Auguste Ernestine Isabelle von Wartensleben (75)
• Arendje van Neuren (67), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clarus Cornelis van Pesch (7), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Coleta Ludovica Bertha Gielens (0), Geel, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)
• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)
• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)
• 1897 » Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1899 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer († 1971)

• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)

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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on November 17, 1885 was about -3.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.