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• Adrianus Theodorus Cornelis Josephus Knoop, Schiedam († 1886)
• Adèlaïde Célestine Joseph Baudry, Auchy les Mines, 62138, France († 1886)
• Anna Van Calster, Rillaar Vl.Brabant * († 1973)
• Alida Jacoba CLOWTING, Vlissingen († 1914)
• Andreas Antonius Klaassens, Maastricht († 1886)
• Anna Maria Catharina Thijssen
• Adriana Anna Vermeeren, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Aaldert Stadman, Hijken, Beilen
• anna maria middendorp, amsterdam,, nederland
• Adriana Jozina de Koning, Krimpen aan de Lek, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1951)

• Alida Berendina VAAGS (89), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alix Marie BRUYLANDT (0), Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Alida Heppenaar (Heupenaar) (82), Nieuweschans
• Antje Jurjens van den Berg (75), Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina VAN DEN EERTWEGH (30), Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aleida Kroone (75), Weerselo
• Adriana Kivits (82), Dussen,Gemeente Werkendam,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Adriaan Wilhelm Mijs (0), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der PLAATS (73), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Noijen (68), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1874 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop († 1949)
• 1876 » Lionel Tertis, English violist († 1975)
• 1876 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor († 1973)
• 1879 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot († 1936)
• 1881 » Jess Willard, American boxer († 1968)
• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)
• 1886 » Norman Hallows, English runner and captain († 1968)
• 1895 » Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author († 1939)
• 1896 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter († 1974)
• 1899 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing († 1992)

• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on December 29, 1885 was about 2.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.