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• Aaltje Engelen, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1885)
• Hüsers, Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1885)
• Anna Elisabeth Savelkoul, Grevenbicht, Provincie Limburg, Nederland († 1943)
• Antje Joosten Prins, Baarlo, Ambt Vollenhove
• Anthonie Hofman, Nijkerk († 1888)
• Adriaantje de Raadt, Charlois (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Huijsmans
• Aafke Tiedema, tzum († 1886)
• Anna Maria Kluijtmans, Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Jan Cools

• Adriana Scheepers (Schepers, Schepes) (70), Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albertus Smulders (24), Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• Arent Rutgers (76), Varsseveld
• Adrianus Johannes van den Heuvel (59), Udenhout
• Anna Maria Hendrikx (3), Alphen en Riel
• Bastiaan van Roon (0), Puttershoek
• Adrianus de Rooij (75), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brienen VAN ALPHEN (4), Erichem
• Aaltje Lubberts de Lange (62), Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van den Heuvel (59), Udenhout

• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer († 1974)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)
• 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)
• 1883 » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1884 » John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1884 » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor († 1987)
• 1888 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia († 1934)
• 1888 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general († 1967)
• 1889 » Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader († 1930)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

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.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• 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.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• 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 16, 1885 was about 6.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.