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• Anna Geertruida Vooijs, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Alice Meert, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1920)
• Aart Arie van Loon, Gouda, Nederland († 1884)
• Adriana van Aken, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Anna W. van Weel-Plees, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1979)
• Adriana van Aken, Schiedam
• Anna Maria van der Meulen, Rotterdam
• Anna Charlotta Lundberg, Utah († 1963)
• Anna Geertruida Vooijs, Katwijk († 1966)
• Anne Jans Langhout, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Anna Oosterdijk (0), Weststellingwerf
• Alida Pieternella Harmans (1), Nieuw-Lekkerland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Henrica de Bres (81), Bergen op Zoom
• Albertus Antonis (0), Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Adriaan Roeken (71), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Aartje Bezemer ongehuwd (71), Zwijndrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Aalberts Dekker (89), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Bot (0), dubbeldam (zuid holland)
• Alida Brouwer (1), Leiden
• Aaltje Albertsen Dekker (89), Esveld (Barneveld)

• 1860 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company († 1929)
• 1876 » William Stewart, Scottish footballer
• 1884 » Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1892 » Augusta Savage, American sculptor († 1962)
• 1896 » Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of India († 1995)
• 1896 » William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1975)
• 1904 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1957)
• 1904 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1908 » Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator († 2001)
• 1908 » Dee Brown, American historian and author († 2002)

• 1820 » Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)
• 1848 » Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
• 1852 » Matsudaira Katataka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
• 1868 » Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
• 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
• 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)

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.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

The temperature on February 29, 1884 was about -2.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.