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• Albert Langerhorst, Amsterdam († 1955)
• Alice Carolina Bribiana SEGHERS, Sint-Niklaas,9100,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1972)
• Alphonse Emile LE PAGE, Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1899)
• Agnes Elisabeth de Keijzer, Amsterdam
• aagje LANDHEER, oud-beijerland
• Albert Langerhorst, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lambertus Franciscus van Hassel, Rotterdam († 1975)
• Adriana Gerardina Bevelander, Vlissingen († 1972)
• Adriana Huiberdina Johanna Bosman, Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Alberdina Maria Johanna Appeldoorn, 's Hertogenbosch

• Aleida Maria Stadlander (0), Oudezijl, Nieuweschans, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aartje van den Brink (51)
• Anna Brock (82), Grainger, Tennessee, United States
• Anna Margaretha Kösters (37), Lindloh, Rütenbrock, Duitsland
• Audley William (Col.) Gazzam (48), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Ariën van Lienen (0), Groet, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• abraham stukje (2), kalkwijk
• van Dalen (0), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Baby Girl King (0), Midland, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
• Adriana Stokman (7), Haarlem

• 1876 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1878 » Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1929)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter († 1967)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician († 1926)
• 1886 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author († 1968)
• 1888 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor († 1971)
• 1890 » Alfred Jodl, German general († 1946)
• 1891 » Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic († 1934)
• 1893 » Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist († 1949)
• 1894 » Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor († 1979)

• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)

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.
• 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 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• 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.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on May 10, 1884 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.