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• Anna Antonia Zuurbier, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1977)
• Agnes Jacoba Cornelia Wibbels, Amsterdam († 1957)
• Ada Olena Palmer, Benson, Chilton, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1924)
• Anna Vis*, Terschelling (Frl.)
• Abraham Snijder, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Brockmann, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1885)
• Adrianus Cornelis Strik, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Adrianus Petrus Peijnenburg, Boxtel († 1980)
• Abel Francixcus HUYSSUYNE, OOSTENDE
• Aaltje van Heerde, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nl († 1885)

• Conradus LIPS (4), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia de Rooij (56), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Aaltjen Pot (0), De Krim (Gramsbergen)
• Catherine MacMillan (71), W. Tatamagouche, Colchester Co., NS
• Christina Elisabeth Maria van Keller (1)
• Cornelia Pieternella Bruinings (7), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Catharina Elsabein Coelman (49), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aart van den Ende (44), Rotterdam, Niederlande
• Aaltje Lieuwes Osinga (0), Uitingeradeel Friesland Nederland
• Cornelia Bunt (63)

• 1873 » Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories († 1962)
• 1873 » Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1956)
• 1874 » Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker († 1937)
• 1874 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1876 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician († 1958)
• 1878 » William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete († 1946)
• 1882 » Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer († 1976)
• 1887 » Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic († 1936)
• 1892 » Maud Hart Lovelace, American author († 1980)
• 1896 » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1977)

• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (b. 1859)

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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
• January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on April 25, 1885 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.