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• Abel Lunshof, Assen († 1953)
• Adolf Edwig VAN BOOM († 1972)
• Alida Antoinette van der Waals, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abel Lunshof, Assen († 1953)
• Adrianus van Rijn, Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1968)
• Abraham Wilderink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Wilderink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Beens, Haamstede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje FAKEN, Nijeveen († 1888)
• Slagboom, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)

• fenekken kwekkeboom (90), lonneker
• Adriaan Voets (36), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aalberdina van Beers (61), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Warmink (66), Stegeren (Ambt Ommen)
• Albert ter Brake (49), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vervloet (26), Lier, Antwerpen, België
• van Avesaath (0), Blerick
• * Martinus Baars (73), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Alberdina van Beers (61), Rosmalen, NL
• Anna Maria Clasina van Veen (41), 's Gravenhage

• 1876 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer († 1946)
• 1880 » Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright († 1921)
• 1881 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist († 1942)
• 1887 » Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician († 1934)
• 1891 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician († 1949)
• 1891 » Mabel Alvarez, American painter († 1985)
• 1894 » Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic († 1984)
• 1894 » Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher († 1993)
• 1895 » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor († 1980)
• 1896 » Dawn Powell, American author and playwright († 1965)

• 1859 » Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)
• 1870 » Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1873 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
• 1878 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
• 1891 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
• 1901 » Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)

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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on November 28, 1885 was about 10.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.