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• Adrianus Petrus Josephus Spijkers, Goirle († 1887)
• Siereveld, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adrianus Michiel Wiegel († 1943)
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth SEGERS, Kinrooi,3640,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• KLEIJNE, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Anna Brusse, Schiedam
• Alphons Hubert Cornelis van Poorten, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van der Meer, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Willemina Oldenhof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Assendelft 270

• Aaltje Knegtmans (60), Kralingen (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van BROEKHOVEN Jzn (1), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Catharina Buntinx (29), Horpmaal, België
• Adrianus Bartholomeus Marie van Rosendael (33), Haarlem
• Akke Alberts Walsweer (0), Oosterend, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke van der Gaast (42), Nijelamer
• Aaltje Bruinsma (1), Ooststellingwerf, Nederland
• Aart Emanuel Vonk, Aalsmeer, NL
• Alle Postma (5), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelia Sophia Lacante (46), Beselare West-Vlaanderen België

• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)
• 1890 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter († 1964)
• 1890 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic († 1960)
• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)
• 1893 » George Llewelyn Davies, English soldier († 1915)
• 1895 » László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor († 1946)

• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

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.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

The temperature on July 20, 1885 was about 18.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.