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• Alfred Joseph Crawford, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia († 1936)
• Anna Magtilda Dijkshoorn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Albert Verheugen, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 1959)
• Aaltje Theodora Selles, Kampen
• Adrianus van der Kleijn, Rotterdam († 1884)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Kleijn, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1884)
• Antje Margaretha Dam, Rotterdam
• Anna Petronella de Man, Weesp (Gem Amsterdam), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana Elisabeth Janssen, Den Helder, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Catharina Rossen, Horssen († 1954)

• Alfred Harrison Powell Powell (43), Texas, United States
• Anna Petronella Dieben (44), Oegstgeest
• Antje Bloothoofd (32), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van de Vijver (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Albert Kamman (74), Kuinre
• Adrianus Cornelis Rijbroek (33), Eindhoven
• Anna, Maria Herckenrath (38), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Rouwendal (77), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieterdr Knip (71), Oterleek
• Bartholomeus Cornelis Kok (56), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1879 » John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic († 1958)
• 1881 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet († 1956)
• 1881 » Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic († 1938)
• 1885 » Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1886 » Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer († 1943)
• 1889 » Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright († 1969)
• 1890 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright († 1938)
• 1890 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author († 1935)
• 1891 » August Gailit, Estonian journalist and author († 1960)
• 1892 » Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician († 1985)

• 1858 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 » Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1911 » Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)

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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on January 9, 1884 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.