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• Anna Maria van Gils, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1885)
• Afien Schlüter, Martenshoek, gem. Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1967)
• Albert Bernard Camerik, Semarang († 1887)
• Alberto Garibay, Patos, Coahuila, México († 1887)
• Wilmsen Karolus Joannes, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Maria van Lipzig, Velden, Limburg, Nederland († 1961)
• Amelia Sobari, Johnsville CA († 1985)
• Brenkman, Gouda († 1885)
• Adrianus van den Oever, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Heijmanson, Kandau, Rusland

• Adolf Noest van der Voort (70), Zwolle
• Arie Kremer (58), Leerdam
• Arie Kremer (58), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Leeuwen (91), Zevenbergen, Moerdijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Age Zeinstra (15), Barradeel
• Age Feddes Terpstra (49), Wommels, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Westening (1), Zeist, Nederland
• Sint Klijnsma (20), Sloten
• Albert Laurens Elisa Ram (56), Aachen (D)
• Klinkenberg, den haag

• 1876 » Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher († 1988)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)
• 1878 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education († 1930)
• 1879 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet († 1944)
• 1879 » Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician († 1976)
• 1880 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1884 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor († 1920)
• 1884 » Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer († 1957)
• 1886 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director († 1956)
• 1892 » Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter († 1942)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on July 12, 1885 was about 17.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.