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• Anna Auguste Toll
• Aaltje van der Vlist, Lopik, Jaarsveld († 1961)
• André Jossart, Leuven
• Abraham Voltijn, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1942)
• Aartje van der Zwaard, Aalsmeer († 1890)
• Aaltje de Groot, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1956)
• Verweij, Den Helder
• Adriana Putters, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Alphons Eduard Messchaert, Bandjermassin († 1947)
• Alida Hund, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)

• Anna Kramer (5), Delft
• Stoetzer (0), Breda, Nederland
• Ary Kalkman (81), Leerdam
• Anna Gertruda Engelen (67)
• Antje van Barneveldt (32), Maarsseveen, Maarssen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alida Maria van 't Veld (0), Hilversum
• Antonius van der DONK (76), Den Dungen
• Antonetta Alida Catharina Crone (68), Appingedam, Nederland
• Antonius van der Donk (76), Den Dungen
• Adrianus Franciscus de Crom (4), Gemeente Woensdrecht, NL

• 1871 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author († 1945)
• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)
• 1884 » Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor, director, and playwright († 1951)
• 1885 » Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician († 1940)
• 1887 » Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1887 » George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic († 1985)
• 1897 » Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel († 1961)
• 1897 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author († 1969)

• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)

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.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on December 13, 1885 was about 2.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.