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• Adrianus Cornelis Goris, Huijbergen N.B
• , Alphen en Riel († 1965)
• Aleida Frederika Schulenbarg, Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1918)
• Alida Jacoba Schaasberg, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1949)
• Albertus van Berneveld, Bloemendaal († 1944)
• Albertus Kor, Beneden Veensloot (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Adrianus Hendricus van Os, Rotterdam († 1886)
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Os, Rotterdam († 1886)
• Aldegonda Peijnenborgh, Nieuwkuijk
• Albert Prins, Warffum, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)

• Arie Walraven (78), Werkhoven
• Aleida Sebilla van Bon (1), Bemmel
• Aaltje ten Klooster (52), Zwartsluis
• Aaltjen ten Klooster (52), Zwartsluis
• Arnoldus Nicolaas de Veld (50), Schiedam,-
• Antje Boorsma (28)
• Anna Cornelia van der Minne (72), Roosendaal-Nispen
• Adriana Van der Velde (44), Scherpenisse
• Adrianus Bernardus Toelé (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Anderson (81), Guernsey, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
• 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)
• 1883 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1883 » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates († 1967)
• 1883 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic († 1950)
• 1886 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye († 1956)
• 1887 » Tim Moore, American actor († 1958)
• 1889 » Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner († 1966)
• 1890 » Laura Salverson, Canadian author († 1970)
• 1891 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic († 1917)

• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)

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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.

The temperature on December 9, 1885 was about 1.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.