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• Adriana Paulina Klaassen, Terneuzen (Terneuzen) (Zeeland)
• Aafje Mintjes Meester, Wolvega, Weststellingwerf, Fryslân, Nederland
• Adriana van der Hulst, Oegstgeest
• Aaltje Klok, Oudendijk, Nederland († 1970)
• Aaltje VAN DER WEY, Wonseradeel(Friesland) († 1941)
• Adrianus de Kort, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Abraham REINDORP, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• Aafje Neester, Wolvega, Westerstellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Stukje, Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands († 1885)
• Aaltje Moelard, Genemuiden

• Alice Duncan Kittrell [[KsBs8FgmArmstrongALBu]]3 (41), Macon County, Alabama
• Agatha Pijpenzeel (84), Gouda
• Anne Catherine Schoels (85), Wellen (B)
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• Alice Duncan Kittrell [[sKBs 8 FgmArmstrongALBu]]2of4 (41), Macon County, Alabama
• Alice Margaret Clezy (2), "Anatole", Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
• Arend Oosterling (1), Harderwijk
• Albert BORGSTIJN, Culemborg
• Anna Catharina Schoels (85), Wellen, 3830, België
• Adrianus de Vette (0), Kethel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1869 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist († 1946)
• 1874 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1955)
• 1877 » Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist († 1936)
• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)
• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1885 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter († 1939)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)
• 1896 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer († 1983)
• 1900 » Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy († 1981)

• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)

• 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 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on February 24, 1885 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.