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• Adriaan Brand, Hardinxveld († 1960)
• Amy Muchett, Jamaica († 1969)
• Alphonse baron van der Straten Waillet, Waillet († 1964)
• "Alphonse" Henri Charles Augustin Joseph van der Straten Waillet, Waillet, Somme-Leuze, Belgique († 1964)
• Aaltje van Barneveld, Westbroek, Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1910)
• Albert Friedrich Fuhrländer, Burg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany († 1947)
• Aleida Decanije, Vorden (Mossel) († 1887)
• Aaltje Wiemers DE VRIES, Ooststellingwerf Friesland Netherlands († 1943)
• Alphonsus Gerardus Verheyden, Weert († 1890)
• Abbie Christian, Athens County, Ohio († 1961)

• Anna Maria van Opzeeland (51), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Abraham Schoe (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Albert (Hendriks) Lubbinge (79), Orvelte (Westerbork)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Heukels (31), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Pinkster (58), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana de Jong (45), Loon op Zand
• Antje de Groot (38), ooststellingwerf
• Aart Bakker (9), Gorinchem
• Antje Smit (77), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alanson F. Dunham (78), Richmond, Wayne Co.Indiana

• 1869 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author († 1954)
• 1878 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician († 1957)
• 1880 » Mitchell Lewis, American actor († 1956)
• 1881 » Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright († 1960)
• 1892 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1893 » Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and news anchor(† 1989)
• 1895 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1950)
• 1898 » Chesty Puller, US general († 1971)
• 1898 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman († 1978)
• 1899 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)

• 1836 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)
• 1856 » Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Trijntje
15. Neeltje
16. Petronella

• 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.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on June 26, 1884 was about 22.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.