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• Martha Louisa de Dood, Amsterdam († 1888)
• Aalbert Jan de Jong, Noordeloos († 1886)
• Antje van de Bovenkamp, Breukelen-Utrecht-Nederland
• Assies († 1942)
• Aaltje Koerts, Dwingeloo († 1918)
• Anna van der Does, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Antheunis Willem Bakker, Oostkapelle († 1952)
• Anna Johanna Elisabeth van Driest, Benkoelen († 1920)
• Adriana Maria de Koning, Ginneken en Bavel († 1927)
• Albert August Kodatis, Potsdam († 1960)

• "Ferdinand" August Franz Anton von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld-Koháry (66), Lisboa
• Adrianus Meijer (78), Schiedam,-
• Adrianus Bartholomeus Figelet (47), `S Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Borsboom (55), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Meij (81), woudrichem (noord brabant)
• Kruithof (0), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adriana Belleman (43), Egmond aan den Hoef, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aalbert Bruijl (59), Gaanderen
• Albertus Gerhardus Strootker (0), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Zuidbarge
• Antje Jans Hoekstra (58), Schoterland

• 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)

• 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.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

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