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• Agnes Albertina Aalders, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Aagje Kleen, Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Vermaas, Klaaswaal
• Achille Victor Dauchot, Bois-d'Haine
• Alida Loots, Muntendam, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Alzira Rodrigues de Arruda, Itu, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje BOND, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Agnes Maria Joanna van den Heuvel, Tilburg († 1962)
• Adriaantje VERMAAS, Klaaswaal
• Angelina VAN OLMEN († 1948)

• Anna Elisabeth BEX (6), Hamont (B)
• Antonia Geertruida Hogenes (0), Vinkeveen
• Alexander Young Black (80), Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
• Anna Voors (83), Warmenhuizen
• Anna Voors- (83), Warmenhuizen, Nederland
• Aafke de Vries (33), Noordwijk,Gemeente Marum,Groningen,Nederland
• Alje Offereins (0), Bovensmilde (Smilde)
• * Jan Steijn (0), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, NL
• Aafke de Vries (33), Noordwijk (Marum)
• Anne Elizabeth Emily Whaley

• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)
• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic († 1940)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician († 1935)
• 1887 » Jamini Roy, Indian painter († 1972)
• 1893 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State († 1971)
• 1896 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author († 1967)
• 1899 » Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic († 1975)
• 1900 » Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author († 1989)

• 1873 » Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
• 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)

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.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• 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 April 11, 1885 was about 6.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.