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• Allegonda, Antonia NIEUWHART, 'S Hertogenbosch,5236,Noord Brabant,Nbr,NL
• Anna Catharina Crijns, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha Magdalena Smits, Den haag († 1962)
• Adrianus KETELAARS, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Winsen van, Kralingen († 1944)
• Alijda Geelen, Ouderijn († 1959)
• Agnes Crijns, Heer en Keer, Provincie Limburg, Nederland († 1958)
• Aaltje Langereis, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Catharina Crijns, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 1955)
• Aleida Kemper, De Krim († 1885)

• Anna van Moorsel (27), Voorhout, Nederland
• Antonie Nieuwenhuizen (52), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Vries de (38), Alkmaar, NH, Nederland
• Albertus Meilink (2), Borculo, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Geetruid de Blank (51), Tiel
• Absalom J. Autry (82), Hico, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Anne Popkes van der Zee (4), Oudemirdum, gem. Gaasterland
• Adriana Vlot (1), Bodegraven
• timmerman Wilhelmus Feelders (54), Schiedam
• Amerik Kloos (65), Noordwijk

• 1869 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author († 1945)
• 1869 » Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum († 1939)
• 1874 » Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator († 1953)
• 1881 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter († 1966)
• 1897 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)
• 1898 » Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education († 1994)
• 1900 » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar († 2002)
• 1900 » Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist († 1958)
• 1902 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel († 1971)

• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (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.
• January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.

The temperature on February 11, 1885 was about 6.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.