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• Adrianus Kranendonk, Ridderkerk († 1967)
• Akke Kornelis Zwanenburg, Nes, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• * Elias Munts, Rotterdam
• Andrianus Theodorus Kwaks, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Alma Josefina Isaksson
• Anna Maria Saive, Wahlwiller, Wittem, Gulpen-Wittem († 1970)
• Aartje Burggraaff, Kralingen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1968)
• Anna Maria Keijsers, Horst
• Adriana Cornelia Krommenhoek, Schiedam († 1972)
• Annechien Kok, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland

• Catharina Sophia Vierling (22), 's-Gravenhage
• Anne Marie Melser (82), Zoeterwoude
• Berendjen Hartemink (79), Zelhem
• Drenth (0), Wildervank
• Antonia Gijsberta Ten Hoven (37), Barneveld
• Bernardine Julie Louise Dibbets (67), Bad Kreuth
• Arie van Putten (0), Kamerik, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Riel van (63), Breda
• Antonia Gijsberta Hoven, ten (37), Barneveld
• Adriana Cornelia de Roover (69), Baarle-Nassau

• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)
• 1885 » Theda Bara, American actress († 1955)
• 1887 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope († 1982)
• 1891 » Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic († 1966)
• 1892 » William Powell, American actor and singer († 1984)

• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)

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 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on July 29, 1884 was about 13.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.