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• Anna Petronella Eulalia Tromp, Oudenbosch
• Anna Hendriks van Dam, Rotsterhaule, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Dorathea Warmenhoven, Rotterdam († 1977)
• Alida Cornelia Prins, Lisse
• Antoine Gerardus Fransen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia Panse, Amsterdam
• Anna van Bezooijen, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1940)
• Alice Alexandra McLeary, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia († 1952)
• Anna Sophia Margaretha John, Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)
• Antje Rovers, Hillegom

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• Cornelia Dempers (85), Rotterdam
• Christianus van der Horst (57), Helmond
• Alexis Beautron dit Major, Bay County, Michigan
• andries pasterkamp (90), Urk
• Anna Maria van Daal (32), Valkenswaard
• Adriana de Mooij (51), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Pasterkamp (90), Urk
• Berend Jan Ordelman (38), Neede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antje Klaasd Luijts (Luitsen) (Luijtzen) (69), Den Helder, Nederland

• 1876 » Alexander I of Serbia († 1903)
• 1880 » Fred Alexander, American tennis player († 1969)
• 1881 » Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1883 » Ernest Everett Just, American biologist and academic († 1941)
• 1886 » Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic († 1950)
• 1887 » Marija Leiko, Latvian actress († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia († 1976)
• 1890 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman († 1946)
• 1892 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic († 1975)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (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 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
• October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

The temperature on August 14, 1885 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.