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• Anna Cornelia van Poppel, Tilburg († 1904)
• Anna Russell, Dearborn County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Albert Pol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Albert Pol, Hoogeveen († 1944)
• Adrianus Leijten, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Albertje Dolstra, Appelscha, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Snippe, Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1897)
• * Antonius Kivits, Vlijmen († 1971)
• Anna Eva van Schelve, Vreden-Wennewick (Noordrijn-Westfalen), Duitsland
• Anna Elisabeth Cornelia de Rave, Nieuwenhoorn († 1942)

• Andries Jacob Van De Poll (20)
• Albertje Kok (46), Giethoorn, Nederland
• Alida Lelieveld (0), Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Helena Rijswijk (52), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Antonia Elisabeth Voogt, Schijndel
• Arien KOELEMAIJ (72), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Tuinman (51)
• Albertje Jans Kok (64), Giethoorn, Nederland
• Andreas Jacob van de Poll (20), Zeist
• Abraham Hendrik Knoop (16), Stolwijk

• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)
• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)
• 1888 » Florence La Badie, Canadian actress († 1917)
• 1891 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1953)
• 1893 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1939)
• 1893 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general († 1946)
• 1894 » George Petty, American painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1894 » Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)

• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

The temperature on April 27, 1885 was about 13.5 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.