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• Abraham van den Berg, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaron Nabarro, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Anthonia Johanna van Winsen, Kralingen
• Anthonia Johanna van Winssen, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Wulfften Palthe, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1922)
• Alberdina JAGER, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1888)
• , ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Abraham van der Ende († 1982)
• Alice Lee Longworth, New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America († 1980)
• Anna Maria Plasmans, Bergen op Zoom († 1958)

• Adriaan Klaassen (0), Harderwijk
• Antonius VANRIJCKEL (78), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Cornelia CLARIJS (0), Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Verplak (1), Sint Agatha
• Amelia Carolina Despeghel (80), Houthulst (Sint Jan Baptist)
• Antonius Hendrikus Reimert (39), Raalte
• (Joh)anna Maria VERBREE (56), Laag-Nieuwkoop
• Aldegonda Kennemans (91), Vught
• Anthonius de Langen (0), Harmelen
• Amelia Victoria HOSTEN (72), Woumen,,BELGIE

• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)
• 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
• 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)
• 1884 » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author († 1980)
• 1884 » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general († 1953)
• 1884 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter († 1957)
• 1884 » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor († 1950)
• 1885 » Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer († 1946)
• 1889 » Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge († 1999)

• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)

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.
• February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on February 12, 1884 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.