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• Adrianus Waaijer, Stompwijk
• Aaltje Sakes Akkerman, Gaast, Gemeente Schoterland († 1976)
• Hoekstra, Franekeradeel, Nederland
• aloysius hermanus hubertus theodorus (all) gielen, helden-panningen († 1976)
• Ada May Armeda Buckler
• Adrianus Engelmandus van Hage, Lisse, Lisse, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kouwenoord, Durgerdam († 1886)
• Abraham Klippel, St. Maartensdijk († 1969)
• Aloijsius Hermanus Hubertus Theodorus Gielen, Panningen († 1976)
• Adrianus Engelmandus van Hage, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aleida Alberdina Dalhuisen (4), Kampen, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Bart Willem Rozeboom (71), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Barbara van den Splinter (70), Zoeterwoude
• Adriana Zijderlaan (0), Stolwijk
• Betje Wellen (66), Dordrecht
• Anna Catharina Bosch (83), Oostmalle, Antwerpen, België
• Annunciata Caroline Van Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (75), Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Adriaan Cornelis Filius (86), Wissenkerke, Nederland
• Barbera van der Splinter (70), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• Arend Jan Willem Zuijderduijn (0), Zutphen, Nederland

• 1880 » Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician († 1961)
• 1880 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant († 1941)
• 1881 » (O.S.) Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator († 1962)
• 1882 » Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier († 1966)
• 1882 » Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia († 1940)
• 1882 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator († 1971)
• 1883 » Feodor Gladkov, Russian author and educator († 1958)
• 1884 » Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal († 1981)
• 1887 » Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist († 1956)
• 1889 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor († 1972)

• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)

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 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.

The temperature on June 21, 1885 was about 13.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.