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• Alois-Camiel Malfait, Geluwe, 8940, Wervik, Ieper, West Vlaanderen
• Margje Beun, Weststellingwerf († 1963)
• Albertus Jansen, Epse
• Alida Maria Stechman, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Meijer, Mijdrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Rubbens, Wouw
• Anne McNicholl, Coolcoscreaghan, Errigal Parish, Co. Derry, N. Ireland († 1940)
• Anna Catharina Bams, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1886)
• Antje EISMA, Dokkum,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Alidore Achilles Vanneste, Moorsele West-Vlaanderen

• Adriana Maria van Huijkelom (0), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Pasman, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aagtje Djoerds van Kammen (34)
• Anna Mathilda Hubertina Blommers (20), Roermond
• Adriana Maria van Huijkelom (0), Tilburg
• van de Lagemaat, Leusden
• Antje Buijs (25), Zaandam
• Alphonsus Ludovicus van Santvoord (7), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abram Kommer, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Vindelinckx (56), Brussel

• 1876 » Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist († 1964)
• 1877 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival († 1947)
• 1883 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1957)
• 1887 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1888 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban-American chess player and theologian († 1942)
• 1889 » Clifton Webb, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1966)
• 1892 » Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician († 1970)
• 1892 » Thomas Clay, English footballer and coach († 1949)
• 1893 » René Voisin, French trumpet player († 1952)
• 1894 » Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal († 1987)

• 1850 » Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (b. 1780)
• 1868 » Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
• 1883 » Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German-English engineer (b. 1823)
• 1887 » Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849)
• 1897 » William Seymour Tyler, American historian and academic (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (b. 1879)
• 1918 » Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838)
• 1924 » Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1928 » Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)

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).
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.

The temperature on November 19, 1885 was about -2.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.