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• Adrianus Hendricus Verhoeven, Goirle († 1976)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Verhoeven, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert Huls, Langelo, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriaan de Visser, Zaamslag († 1918)
• Abraham Jonker, Apeldoorn († 1968)
• Adriana Maria Johanna van Harteveld, Zoeterwoude
• Abraham Jonker, Apeldoorn
• Albert Jozef Leopold Vercauteren, Sint Niklaas († 1885)
• Adriana Maria Johanna van Harteveld, Zoeterwoude († 1972)
• Ada J Burruss, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1971)

• Albertus Planta (3), Harderwijk
• Aagje~Kldr Bak (0), Broek op L'dijk
• Angela Adelheid Gröninger (67), Cermany, Okres Topolcany, Nitriansky Kraj, Slowakije
• Aagje van der Sijs (65), Nieuwkoop
• Dieterich (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carel Anastasias Leopold van der Wijck (80), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aleida van Voorst (0), Deventer
• Agnes Maria Moors (66), Kessenich (B)
• Carel Anastasius Leopold van der Wijck (80), Breda,Gemeente Breda,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Thecla Gröninger (73), Lindloh

• 1875 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor († 1946)
• 1875 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer († 1966)
• 1877 » István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic († 1959)
• 1880 » Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author († 1932)
• 1883 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1953)
• 1884 » Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1937)
• 1884 » Will Cuppy, American author and critic († 1949)
• 1890 » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1971)
• 1891 » Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1894 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier († 1959)

• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)

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 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
• February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on August 23, 1885 was about 17.8 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.