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• Agnes Maria Buiteman, Den Haag, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1971)
• Adriana van Riel, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Albert Kreunen, Ruurlo
• Anje Vos, Oterdum
• Anna Caroline Echtermeijer, Enschede († 1981)
• Anna Everts Hakvoort, Urk († 1925)
• Varossieau, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke van der Tuin, Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Albert Jan van de Vooren, Arnhem († 1887)

• Aaltien TEN OEVER (81), Zeijen (Vries), Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Niemeijer (52), Stadskanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Bastiaantje Verschoor (81), Bergambacht, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Meijs (81), Hulsberg, LI, Netherlands
• Aris Klaas Saltzherr (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schouten (63), Baarn
• Arie van der Linden (1), Westmaas
• Antje Jacobsdr Groot (38), Andijk
• Bernard Heijermans (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Catherina Nuijten (74), Bergen op Zoom

• 1871 » Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company († 1948)
• 1872 » Albert C. Campbell, American popular music singer († 1947)
• 1873 » Fred Stone, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1878 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines († 1944)
• 1881 » George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor († 1955)
• 1881 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd († 1954)
• 1883 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company († 1971)
• 1883 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal († 1965)
• 1887 » S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician († 1943)
• 1895 » C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician († 1985)

• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)

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.
• February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
• March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

The temperature on August 19, 1885 was about 15.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.