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• Adrianus van Broekhoven, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1888)
• Adriana Maria Mutsaers, Tilburg († 1958)
• Albert Amand Vandeputte, Izegem, België
• Albertus Froolik, Ter Aar (Kerkbuurt)
• Alida Margaretha Tieman, Amsterdam
• Adronie Febronie Vandendriessche, Staden, West Flanders, Belgium
• * Johanna Berendina Barendsen, 's Gravenhage
• Amasa Fredrick Lybrand Drummond, Fullersburg, Dupage, IL († 1957)
• Alida van Lith, Vianen, nederland († 1950)
• Anna Mitchell, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England († 1974)

• Johannes Wilhelmus Heesen (0), Utrecht
• Arendje van der GROEF Jdr (65)
• Alberdina Maria Ohl (92), Utrecht
• Adriana van Engelen (39), Rosmalen
• Carl Heinrich Ernst, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha van Rigteren (13), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) STUIT (0), Wierhuizen (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Hendrica Jacoba Oostingh (0), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Casimir SIMÉON (2), Entrains-sur-Nohain (58-Nièvre), France
• Anna Cristina Hoogervorst (59), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1877 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1878 » Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1880 » Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player († 1943)
• 1881 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic († 1966)
• 1881 » Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland († 1952)
• 1886 » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician († 1971)
• 1887 » Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer († 1914)
• 1888 » Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist († 1974)
• 1890 » Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate († 1989)

• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

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.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on February 27, 1884 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.