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• Anna Eeken, Obdam, Nederland († 1886)
• Alida Zaalberg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Catharina Wolkers, Sloten, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana Walraven, Nieuw-en Sint Joosland,Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aimée Jeanne Marie BARBIER, Maure-de-Bretagne,ILLE-et-VILAINE,Bretagne,France († 1955)
• Aafje Margje Rollema, Den Haag († 1885)
• Alberic SOENEN, Rumbeke († 1923)
• Anna Louise Loke († 1941)
• Albert Léon Auguste le Vasseur, Fontaine la Mallet (F)
• Albertdina van Kernebeek, Paterswolde (gem. Tynaarloo)

• Adriana van der Hoeven (46), Zevenhuizen
• Anna (Antje) Heemskerk (79), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arabella Howard (75), Brighton, Northamptonshire, England
• Arie De Hoog (0), Rotterdam
• Antonie Jansen (1), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adèle Célina BUREAU (32), Maffle,7810,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Antonia Maria Minoletti (32), Craveggia, 28852, Italia
• Adriaan Vermaat (65), Dinteloord
• Aaltje Hendriks van der Boon (30)
• Anna Sijmonsdr Heemskerk (79), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1878 » C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India († 1972)
• 1882 » Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher († 1945)
• 1882 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1950)
• 1883 » Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic († 1973)
• 1885 » Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor († 1967)
• 1886 » Victor McLaglen, English-American actor († 1959)
• 1889 » Ray Collins, American actor († 1965)
• 1890 » László Bárdossy, Hungarian fascist politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1946)
• 1891 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada († 1969)

• 1850 » François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1850 » Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1865 » Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)

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.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on December 10, 1884 was about 5.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.