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• Alida Stevers, Beemster († 1978)
• , Den Burg († 1943)
• Alijda Funcke, Amsterdam († 1915)
• Aaltje Schellingerhout, Aarlanderveen († 1940)
• Andreas Wilhelmus Kester, Naaldwijk († 1964)
• Alphonse Beaugrand- Champagne, Saint Norbert, Manitoba, Manitoba († 1963)
• Anna Catharina Kersemans, Loenhout (B) († 1966)
• Aartje Alblas, Ameide
• Ambrosina_Geertruida Boom, Buitenzorg, Ned.-Indie († 1960)

• anna dubbelaar (0), katwijk aan zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Schrauwen (57), Oosterhout
• Antonie (Toon) Schrauwen (57), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Adriana Versluijs (56), Zevenbergen
• Aaltjen Miskotte (78), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Sijbrens Sijbranda (Sybrandy) (68), Baarderadeel
• Adriana de Groot (68), Terheijden
• Anna Maria ZEGERS (SEGHERS) (76), Wuustwezel,Antwerpen,Belgie
• Anthonie Vos (64), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Verstraeten (55), Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vlaams-Brabant, België

• 1872 » Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France († 1962)
• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)
• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter († 1926)
• 1898 » Lawrence Gray, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)

• 1842 » Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 » Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)

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 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

The temperature on July 28, 1885 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.