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• Alice Elnora Wolfe, Iowa († 1932)
• Aaltje PRONK, scheemda
• Adriana Johanna Steenks, Honselersdijk, Nederland († 1885)
• Albertus Wijkhuizen, Haarlem
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Thomas, Lommel († 1946)
• Aafke Schonbergen, Bolsward
• Angela Susanna Nagel, Ambarawa
• Angèle Julienne Marie ROBITAILLIE, Bollezeele... Hauts de France († 1889)
• Adriana Verkaik, Kralingen († 1977)
• Adrianus Antonius Pijnenburg, Alphen en Riel († 1886)

• Anna Maria Brooks (27), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Alphons Hubert Joseph Baert (17), Roermond
• abram BAARS (25), numansdorp
• Amalia (Melia) Susanna Kentie (40), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Mastenbroek (87), Ouddorp
• Anthonie van Straaten (66), Beusichem, Nederland
• Alberta Thering (0), Hellendororn
• Alexander Cornelisz Veller van (69), Bunschoten
• Anna Hubertina Camp (5), Grathem
• Antonia Harink (76), Dalfsen (Lenthe)

• 1875 » Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever († 1997)
• 1878 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader († 1973)
• 1881 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer († 1945)
• 1885 » Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright († 1957)
• 1887 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War († 1945)
• 1888 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright († 1965)
• 1892 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1949)
• 1893 » Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist († 1987)
• 1893 » Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress († 1979)
• 1894 » Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic († 1955)

• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on February 21, 1885 was about -2.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.