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• Albertha Strauss, Borne, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1960)
• Anna Maria Meulen, van der, Rotterdam († 1980)
• Aalt Aalten, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna W. van Weel-Plees, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1979)
• Anna Cornelia de Booij, Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Albertus Jacobus de Lannoy, Batavia, Jawa Barat, Indonesia († 1963)
• Aaltje Riksten, Ooststellingwerf
• Anna Geertruida Vooijs, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Anne (Andrew) Langhout, Hijlaard, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Aaltje Riksten, Oostellgwerf, Haule, Friesland, Netherlands († 1963)

• Aleida Johanna Bruining (1), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Henrica de Bres (81), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriaan Roeken (71), Gemeente Roosendaal, NL
• Anna Maria Eelman (0), Texel, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Antonis (0), Riethoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltje Aalbers Dekker (89), Barneveld, Esveld, Nederland
• Broersen Maartje (82), Sijbekarspel
• Albertus Antonis (0), Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Adriaan Roeken (71), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Adriaan Gillesen (73), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• 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.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

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%.