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• Adriana Eijkelestam, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Adrianus van Slot, Grootebroek, Stede Broec,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
• Albert Koopstra, Blankenham († 1969)
• Agatha Maria Maaijen, Den Haag († 1886)
• Adrianus Cornelius Marinussen, Tilburg, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana van ANDEL, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Uden, Geffen († 1946)
• Adolf Bertelkamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Adrianus Petrus Cornelis Gubbens, Loon op Zand († 1887)
• Aaltje Dekker, De Krim († 1887)

• Albertine Justine POLLIE (0), Ieper
• Alberdina Penthum (9), Wildervank (Groningen)
• Anna-Maria Geuens (38), Lier, België
• Antoon Hopman (27), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angeline Bens (65), Geel, België
• Brand van de Slunt (29), Maurik
• Aaltje Jaspers Schaap (0), Nieuwer Amstel
• Albert Hopman (39), Schoorldam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mulder (0), Sijbekarspel
• Antje Okkes Baarda (47), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1880 » Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1958)
• 1880 » Clara Ayres, American nurse († 1917)
• 1881 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic († 1964)
• 1883 » T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic († 1917)
• 1886 » Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1887 » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator († 1979)
• 1888 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1888 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited († 1971)
• 1890 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author († 1970)
• 1891 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany († 1980)

• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)

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.
• March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• 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.
• June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
• November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

The temperature on September 16, 1885 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.