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• Adriana Beukhof, Maarssen († 1973)
• Adrianus Meijdam, Asperen († 1889)
• * IJsbrand van Meeteren, Schoonrewoerd
• Adriana Elizabeth Pieternella Serrij, Rotterdam († 1929)
• Amalia de Moura Campos, Tietê, São Paulo, Brasil
• "Yvonne" Léonie Marie Anne Georgine de Talhouët-Roy, Le Lude, Sarthe, France († 1941)
• Agie Posch, Oostzaan († 1885)
• Adrianus Cornelis du Chatenier, 's-Gravenhage († 1885)
• Amanda Alice Keefer, Somerset County, PA, United States († 1968)
• Adrianus Meijdam, Asperen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1889)

• Adriaantje BREEN Adr (18), Goedereede, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antonius Wilhelmus Voets (0), Boxtel
• Antje Rijks (30), Finsterwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albrecht Leonardus Middelburg (0), Monster
• Anna Geerts Hellinga (0)
• Adriana de Haas (0), Zwijndrecht
• Anna Heij, Rotterdam
• Anna Hellinga (0), Opeinde
• Adolphe HANUISE, Isières, 51036, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adrianus Klom (1), Arnhem

• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)
• 1885 » Theda Bara, American actress († 1955)
• 1887 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope († 1982)
• 1891 » Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic († 1966)
• 1892 » William Powell, American actor and singer († 1984)

• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)

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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
• March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
• May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
• June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

The temperature on July 29, 1885 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.