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• Abram Tilburg, Williamson, Wayne County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Aartje Alberts, Nijkerk
• Aleida Catharina te Marvelde, Hengelo
• Adriana Maria Everdina van Eijk, Schiedam († 1970)
• Alice Fielder Rash, Grayson County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• Abraham Brouwer, Schiedam Zhl. NL
• Anna Maria Geetruda Martens, Mierlo
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Martens, Mierlo, Geldrop-Mierlo
• Adriana Maria Everdina van Eijk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kemmeren, Loon op Zand († 1951)

• Akke Halman * (51), Lage Egge (Steenwijkerwold)
• Aletta Maria Reintjes (7), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Mary (49), West Point, Jackson Co., Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Detrij (74), Maastricht
• Andries Detrij (74), Maastricht
• Alida Susanna Stikkelorum (0), Leiden
• "Walther" Wolfgang Goethe (67), Leipzig, Allemagne
• Anthonia van de Pol (74), Ede, Nederland
• Akke Halman (Halleman) (51), Steenwijkerwold, Ov, Nederland
• Aletta Maria Reintjes (7), Bussum

• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
• 1883 » Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)
• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)
• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)
• 1888 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author († 1904)
• 1889 » A. Philip Randolph, American activist († 1979)
• 1889 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator († 1975)
• 1890 » Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye († 1976)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

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 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• 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.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on April 15, 1885 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.