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• Adriaantje van Dijk, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Does, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Martha Louisa de Dood, Amsterdam († 1888)
• Ana Fogaça de Almeida, Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana Maria Hordijk Noordzee, Pernis
• Alberdina Coes, vriezenveen († 1886)
• Adriaantje van Dijk, Pernis
• Albert August Kodatis, Potsdam († 1960)
• Alberta Wilhelmina Kamphuis, Amsterdam
• Anna Eleanor Morgan, Tigh's Hill, Newcastle, NSW, Australia († 1967)

• Adrianus Borsboom (55), Loosduinen,-
• Kruithof (0), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hermans (65), Grevenbicht
• Albertus Gerhardus Strootker (0), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Zuidbarge
• Albertus Eligius Leenders (33), Tiel
• Aalbert (Albert) Bruijl (59), Gaanderen (GL)
• Anna Maria Biggelaar (64), Liempde
• Andries Baukes de Jong (74), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Kok (45), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Philomène CORFMAT (1), Vannes,56000,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE

• 1875 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist († 1899)
• 1878 » Hans Carossa, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1885 » Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic († 1971)
• 1886 » Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Polish politician and resistance fighter († 1968)
• 1888 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist and playwright († 1959)
• 1890 » Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter († 1965)
• 1891 » A.P. Carter, American country singer-songwriter and musician († 1960)
• 1892 » J. Paul Getty, American-English businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil († 1976)
• 1894 » Josef Imbach, Swiss sprinter († 1964)
• 1894 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)

• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)

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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• 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.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on December 15, 1885 was about 5.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.