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• Aaltje Lok, Kalenberg, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaltje Reinink, Hardenberg Ambt {OV}
• Alberta de Haas, Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolphine Wilhelmina Jonckx, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1926)
• Aloijsius Petrus Damianus van Raak, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Joannes Maria van Raak, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1885)
• Albertine Christine van der Reest, Soerabaia
• Achiel Pieter Lutters, Dudzele, West Vlaanderen, Belgi√´ († 1967)
• Adrianus Bakker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Helena Gordijn, Noordwijk († 1941)

• Anna Mccluskey (90), Ray, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Oldenbroek (72), Maastricht, L. Nederland
• Aaltje Petronella Anna Maria van Ipenburg (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolfine Frederike van Beulwitz (67), Brunswijk, Nedersaksen
• Anje Knot (51), Stitswerd, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Davidsdr van Diepen (77), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Haasewinkel (70), Bentelo
• Anna Cornelia van der Schoot (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van der Schoot (80), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• "Louise" Caroline Auguste Muller (41), West Salem Twp., Mercer Co. 16154 PA

• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire († 1947)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)
• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

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.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• 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.

The temperature on February 23, 1885 was about 4.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.