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• Adriana Maria Smeulders, Tilburg († 1939)
• Adriaantje Schagen, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 1952)
• Alberta van Baaren, Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)
• Aafje Bourguignon, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Stoffers, Eelde († 1942)
• Aaltje Maria Coolen, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Zijlmans, Gorinchem
• Adriana Hendrika de Wit, Charlois Rotterdam († 1885)
• Albert Bakker, Urk († 1925)
• Adrianus van de Werken, Gameren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)

• Adriana Johanna van Laarhoven (39), Breda
• Boudewijn Matheus Blom (46), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andreas Schoenmakers (75), Tilburg
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Brom (1), Amersfoort
• Vader (0), Vlissingen
• Adriana JOhanna van Laarhoven (39), Breda
• Boudewijn Mattheus Blom (46), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus van Hal (88), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Brom (1), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Charlotte Charity Pirtle (79), Valeene, Orange, Indiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1879 » Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist († 1966)
• 1880 » Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach († 1955)
• 1880 » Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary († 1961)
• 1883 » Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1908)
• 1885 » Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic († 1975)
• 1886 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1948)
• 1887 » Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist, 9th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) († 1954)
• 1887 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1891 » Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic († 1983)
• 1892 » Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot († 1968)

• 1852 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 1852 » Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
• 1862 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
• 1862 » Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1879 » Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
• 1891 » Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
• 1898 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1905 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
• 1916 » José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)

• 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 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• 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.
• July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
• July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

The temperature on September 14, 1885 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.