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• Adrianus Augustinus van Hamond, Tilburg Nederland
• , Tilburg († 1962)
• Aagje van Booij, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Albert de Groot, Drogt
• Abraham Bakker, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1974)
• Ale Feenstra, Warga Friesland Nederland
• Alida Lammechina Lukkien, Veendam, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1970)
• Albertus Westerman, Gramsbergen {OV}
• Alida Sophia Ducheyne, Houthave
• Aaltje Hendriks Panjer, Slochteren († 1982)

• Aalbert Mulder (68), Neerdorp (Holten)
• Adolf Tjie Bloemhard (50), Pasoeroean, Oost-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Adriana Smijtegeld Bedet (52)
• Adrianus Moerman (2), Maasland
• Adriana Smijtegeld Bedet (52), s Heer Arendskerke
• Aaltje de Zoete (0), Barwoutswaarder
• Albertus (Aalbertus) Weller (Wellerd) (56), Amersfoort
• Adriana Maria van Dongen (81), Gilze en Rijen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Noordraven (0), Zaandam
• Adrianus Luijks (54), Halsteren, N-Br, NL

• 1877 » Katharine Anthony, American biographer († 1965)
• 1878 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach († 1969)
• 1878 » Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian poet and critic († 1948)
• 1885 » Daniel Mendaille, French actor († 1963)
• 1885 » Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright († 1944)
• 1887 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general († 1946)
• 1888 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian activist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha († 1956)
• 1894 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint († 1971)
• 1894 » Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator († 1977)
• 1894 » Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic († 1989)

• 1852 » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
• 1875 » Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
• 1881 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
• 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1899 » Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
• 1908 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
• 1916 » Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
• 1919 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)

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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The temperature on November 27, 1885 was about 9.8 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.