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• Aagje van der Velden, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1957)
• Aaltje Dekker, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Netherlands(Lhee)
• Aaltje Kwant, Haren († 1884)
• Albert Zandstra, Lippenhuizen († 1885)
• Aaron Nabarro, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Alice Lee Roosevelt, New York City, New York County, New York, United States († 1980)
• Abraham van der Ende († 1982)
• Anna van Wulfften Palthe, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1922)
• Albert Kikkert, Hoogeveen
• Alberdina JAGER, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1888)

• Amelia Carolina Despeghel (80), Houthulst (Sint Jan Baptist)
• Àntonius Franciscus Verplak (1), Cuijk en Sint Agatha
• Amelia, Victoria Hoste (72), Woumen
• Andries (andreas) van den Groenendaal (78), Maarheeze
• Aaltjen Valkman (62), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Huijbers (1), Vierlingsbeek
• Albert de Lange (51), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert de Dieuleveult (72), Tréguier, Côtes-d'Armor, France
• (70), Zerkegem
• 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.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

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%.