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March 7, 1884Born on Saturday March 8, 1884
- Alletta Pieternella Siebkes, Kralingen (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alida Jacoba Joanna Gunterman, Amsterdam
- Adelia do Valle Silveira, Tiete, São Paulo, Brasil († 1975)
- Anna Pekel, Heemskerk († 1903)
- Aart Kroon, Woubrugge, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1887)
- Roberts, Putnam, Missouri, United States
- Anna Pietronella Cornelia De Leeuw, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Amélie Marguerite Hombourger, Kemplich, Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1977)
- Adrianus Ekel, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1958)
- Anna Catharina Reekmans, Kuringen, België († 1982)
Died on Saturday March 8, 1884
- Arina Teuna Brandwijk (8), Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Janssen (71), Swalmen, Nederland
- Casleton Blocher (15)
- Catharina Buschkens (72), Venlo
- abraham Willem TIMMER (19), Alkmaar
- Centina van Zuijen (68)
- Allegonda de GROOF (34), Son en Breugel
- Adriana Maria VAN MUNSTER (73), Eindhoven, Nord Brabant, Netherlands
- Aaltje Speulman (0), Anderen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
- Carolus Ludovicus Anckaert (76), Hooglede
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 8, 1884 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De standaard
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
Born on March 8
- 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
- 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
- 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
- 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
- 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
- 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
- 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
- 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
- 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
- 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
Died on March 8
- 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
- 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
- 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
- 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
- 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
- 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
- 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
- 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
- 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
- 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
Names that were popular for boys in 1884
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1884
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Christina
- Margaretha
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1884
- 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 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.
- July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
- July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
The weather on Saturday March 8, 1884
The temperature on March 8, 1884 was about 2.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI