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• Aaltje Thymens Krikke, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)
• Agnes Jane Geddes, Culvie, Marnoch parish, Banffshire, Scotland († 1973)
• Angelus Adolphus Sylvinus Aurelius Josephus Van Den Bulcke, Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Albert Hannell, Ontario, Canada
• Manni, Ouwerkerk († 1885)
• Alida van der Peet, Limmen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1979)
• Adriana Cornelia van Son, Rotterdam († 1977)
• Anna Maria Catharina Elisabeth Leenen, Hoorn, Friesland, Nederland
• Age Jetzes Bosma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Kluin 9, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• Albertus Nicolaas ten Oever (5), Haarlem
• Aart Korteland (0), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaïde Jacoba Demulder (61), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Alois de Liechtenstein (44)
• Anna Maria Behet (74), Afferden
• Aloys von Liechtenstein (44), Guns
• Albert Weerts (49), Kerkenbosch, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• van Iersel (0), Goirle
• Anna Maria (Blust) Haas (84)
• Albert Weerts (50), Kerkenbosch, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1884 » Ed Archibald, Canadian pole vaulter († 1965)
• 1885 » Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian author and poet († 1936)
• 1888 » Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante († 1963)
• 1889 » Howard Lindsay, American producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor († 1968)
• 1889 » Warner Baxter, American actor († 1951)
• 1890 » Bert Bliss, English international footballer, inside forward († 1968)
• 1891 » Alfred Neubauer, Austrian race car driver and manager († 1980)
• 1891 » Yvan Goll, French-German poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1892 » József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal († 1975)
• 1893 » Astrid Holm, Danish actress († 1961)

• 1873 » Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1905 » William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
• 1911 » Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)

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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• 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.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on March 29, 1885 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.