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• Adriaan Noordzij, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Martina den Ouden, Rotterdam († 1886)
• Albertus Jacobus (Bertus) Böger, Den Helder († 1972)
• Alida THERSSEN, Klerken,8650,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1972)
• Albert Otto Behrend, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Alice Henry Geerdes, Ìowa († 1975)
• Alida Therssen, Klerken West-Vlaanderen, België
• Albertus Jacobus (2) Boger, Den Helder († 1972)
• Alida Maria Cornelia van Duuren, Utrecht († 1886)
• Albertus Langerak, Schoonhoven († 1886)

• Aalbert Bouwers (15), Houtdorp (Ermelo)
• Dirkjen Cornelia Drupsteen (3), Leeuwarden
• Antje Bijl (1), Venhuizen
• Cornelis Prinsen (72), Hilvarenbeek
• Antoon Kok (0), Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van der Ent (0), rhoon (zuid holland)
• Christina Catharina Van Heerdt (0)
• Coletta Emerentiana Verspaget (68), Helmond (Helmond), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis van Rijswijk (60), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Elisabeth Markus (0), Buurmalsen

• 1877 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President (1924-1928), known as the Jefe Maximo (Maximum Boss) from 1928-1936. († 1945)
• 1879 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal († 1963)
• 1881 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic († 1936)
• 1884 » Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer († 1951)
• 1888 » Hanna Ralph, German actress († 1978)
• 1889 » Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator († 1930)
• 1893 » Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician († 1985)
• 1896 » Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy († 1990)
• 1897 » William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1898 » Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator († 1980)

• 1849 » Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Louise von François, German author (b. 1817)
• 1900 » Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (b. 1832)
• 1900 » John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (b. 1817)
• 1901 » Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (b. 1853)
• 1917 » Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, and rebel commander (b. 1885)
• 1918 » Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)

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 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
• March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• 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.
• September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
• November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

The temperature on September 25, 1885 was about 10.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.