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• Aletta Clasina Johanna Arendse, Den Haag († 1979)
• Albert Feitzes Zandstra, Roordahuizum, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adrianus Ackermans, Driel († 1886)
• Adrianus van Dongen, Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Alje Tingelaar, Groningen
• Maarten, Terneuzen Nederland
• Aaltje Blaauw, Wijdewormer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1903)
• Adrianus van der Eijk, Kethel en Spaland († 1886)
• "Jutta" Charlotte Juliane Marie Theresina von Steinberg, Brüggen, Allemagne († 1972)
• Jan Tjibbes Pool, Aengwirden († 1981)

• Adriaen Pullis (68), Breda, Noord Brabant, Holland
• Alphonsius de Bruijckere (24), Groede
• Albert Boer (40), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vos (82), Oss
• Anna Mechteldis Mans (62), Echt
• Antonius Josephus Hubertus van der Vaart (79)
• Antonia Rutten (4), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Vermolen (13), Gilze en Rijen
• Aleida Enkt (84), Erica (Emmen)
• Abraham Frank (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1882 » Ernestas Galvanauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician († 1967)
• 1883 » Edwin August, American actor and director († 1964)
• 1883 » Tony Gaudio, Italian American cinematographer († 1951)
• 1884 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » George Holley, English footballer († 1942)
• 1885 » Kaarlo Vasama, Finnish gymnast († 1926)
• 1886 » Alexandre Stavisky, French financier and embezzler († 1934)
• 1886 » Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1886 » Robert Hunter, American golfer († 1971)
• 1887 » Jean Ducret, French footballer

• 1864 » Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
• 1866 » Otto Karl Berg, German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1880 » Léon Cogniet, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1882 » Henry Draper, American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837)
• 1886 » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1903 » Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier
• 1908 » Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor (b. 1829)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

The temperature on November 20, 1885 was about -2.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.