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• Albertus Witteveen, Epe
• Ada C Molhoek († 1963)
• Albartus Sneller, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• Aart Borst, Hattem, Nederland
• Adriaan den Toom, Giessendam († 1886)
• Adriana Geers, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1885)
• Aart Borst, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Brekelmans, Vught († 1960)
• Abraham Pieter van der Hage, Kortgene († 1945)
• Alexis Pieter Jozef De Pauw, Blankenberge, W-Vl., B

• Anna Maria Gerritsen van der Hoop (7), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Casteel, Goes
• Anthime Louis Joseph Louchart (80), Vieille-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Balthasar Johannes van Bavel (85), Waalwijk
• Abel Itskes Wal, van der (82), Noordbroek
• Catharina, Petronella Krul (81), Vlissingen (zeeland)
• de Knijf (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Bouwe Pieters Oenema (70), Lekkum, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Zengerink (21), Hengelo
• Catharina Maria Batenburg (2), Schiedam The Netherlands

• 1871 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)
• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)
• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)

• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
• 1878 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

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.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

The temperature on July 17, 1885 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.