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• Adriana Dirkje Stolk, Dinteloord en Prinsenland († 1943)
• Adolphe Octaaf Jozef Van Damme, Spiere-Helkijn, Espierres-Helchin, Belgium († 1988)
• *Pieter van Wijck, Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland († 1887)
• Aloi Henri Tjong A Kiet, Plantage Las Rencontre, Boven Para, Suriname († 1939)
• Alida Cornelia Ossen, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Adrianus van Velsen, Overschie († 1898)
• Adriana Hartogs, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Andries van DOORN, Dordrecht
• Adolf Ruuls, Groningen († 1886)
• --zoon-- Foppen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1885)

• Annie de Pagter (2), Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Antje Pieters van der Ploeg (0), Huizum
• Adriana Cornelia Swart (4), Zouterwoude
• Aart Hoogvliet (1), Maasdam
• Anna Hemmes (0), Roswinkel, Emmen
• Anna Gida Johannes Doodkorte (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Coremans (41), Etten-Leur
• Anna Theresia Sophie VANLERBERGHE (67), Vladslo
• Adrianus van de Ven (86), Goirle
• Antje de Zeeuw (34), Naaldwijk

• 1878 » James Thomas Milton Anderson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1946)
• 1882 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1948)
• 1883 » Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London († 1963)
• 1884 » Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor († 1950)
• 1885 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume († 1935)
• 1885 » Izaak Killam, Canadian financier and philanthropist († 1955)
• 1886 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat († 1978)
• 1886 » Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1888 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1891 » Louis T. Wright, American surgeon and civil rights activist († 1952)

• 1853 » Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)
• 1878 » Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)
• 1924 » Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)

• 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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
• January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

The temperature on July 23, 1885 was about 18.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.